Talkin' Tatooine Dustbowl Migrant Blues

from Talkin' Tatooine Dustbowl Migrant Blues by Jinn Jams

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I’ve sung this ol’ song and I’ll sing it again,
Of the people and places and faces I’ve seen,
Who are raised in the dust and are gone with the wind –
The forlorn who are born to be twisted and torn

From the B’omar flats to the high mospic range,
In the dry diamond deserts and the wild windy plains
The moisture farmers are praying for rain –
And the Tusken Raiders are doing the same

Migrants and merchants drift from town to town,
Tryin’ to musta a living but are always kept down,
At the edge of your cities sleeping on the hard ground –
We’re weathered and worn by many-a-storm

I’ve roamed and I’ve rambled, made this desert my home,
I sing for my supper, and then move along,
But the Imperial agents stop me where ever I go –
They try to pin and to blame ever’ crime to my name

In the cold moonlit evenings when the chilly winds blow,
I shake and I shiver from my head to my toes,
But in the hot double days I sweat right through my clothes –
My poor ol’ feet have walked a hard dusty road

This song is for the folk who are flat outta luck,
‘Cause there aint a whole lot on this old dusty rock,
For the gambling men in the hands of the Hutts –
For the rambling men whose feet have got stuck

The poorboys and pirates perched in the sun,
The Bith musician, and villainous scum
The Jawa trader and and the hired gun –
The farm boy, the outlaw - for everyone

The swindler, the thief, the rebel squaddie,
That cave dwelling eremite ol’ Ben Kenobi,
The podracer, spacer, both woman and man –
The force that binds us, and the soul of this land

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from Talkin' Tatooine Dustbowl Migrant Blues, released February 3, 2019

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Jinn Jams London, UK

Jinn Jams learned to play harmonica and synth-harp from listening to bands perform around Mos Espa and Mos Entha on his home planet of Tatooine.

His debut EP ‘Talkin’ Tatooine Dustbowl Migrant Blues’ was recorded with the help of producer Tomo Curbcrawler.

Possession and distribution of the album is banned by the Imperial Board of Culture due to its ‘anti-Imperial’ nature. ... more

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