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Friend of Time
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Friend of Time

He knows the Hanky Panky and the Bumble Bee Slim

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David schell
May 30, 2024
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Friend of Time 

He sings:
You got your fingers 
and you make  some rhyme.
It’s best just to become 
a friend of time.

He sat down beside me
with his guitar in hand.
He’s been playing these songs for years
he don’t need no music stand.

He’s got words that he 
forged out of knowing
from all  the places he’s been
about the place he’s going.

And he sing…

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