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Thought That Counts

from J​.​W. Teller by J.W. Teller

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With a finely tuned perspective
Drawn sour with contradiction
And a packing mule that could no longer go
He started out from Kansas City
To ramble out to Reno
In search for things always in himself
Got hemmed up in Boulder
Sent that letter that he wrote her
With the only words he could find

I hope you’re doing well up north
Though I don’t care how as to why
I hear it’s the thought that counts
Honey if that’s true I can give you that

Legs went lame in Sante Fe
Giving way to his decay
And the time for the greed that was chasing
Spent some years down on the border
Fell in love with some young hoarder
But she cared for him unlike any other
And the ranch it did him well
She taught him how to catch what fell
How to dust it off and put it back to use
Once he woke to find her missing
Only needles and syringes
You see sometimes the wise one still runs dry

He found her down in the barn
Lying on a hay-bale calm
With a note to him for measures
Don’t be mad for what I’ve done
Purpose lies in how we spun
In the time we’ve held together
Once a broken child to hold
Now a grown man to weep
Take the mare out of the stable
Shoulders straight and set her able
Life has these ups and downs

But I hear it’s the thought that counts
honey if that’s true I’ve given that
At least all I have

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from J​.​W. Teller, released January 4, 2019

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J.W. Teller Jackson, Mississippi

“His songs reflect this sensibility, along with sometimes painful experiences from living under what was essentially a small-town theocracy.” (Doug Hill, Norman Transcript)

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