{"id":117,"date":"2012-01-31T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/?p=117"},"modified":"2012-01-31T14:43:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T14:43:33","slug":"bodhi-dharmas-work-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/2012\/01\/bodhi-dharmas-work-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodhi-Dharma\u2019s Work Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>by Gord Sellar<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m a-walkin&#8217; down this road,<br \/>\nWhere it goes, nobody knows. (x2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verse 1:<\/strong><br \/>\nOne foot and then the other,<br \/>\nthe footsteps one by one.<br \/>\nFive thousand miles to go<br \/>\nBefore my walkin&#8217;s done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m a-walkin&#8217; down this road,<br \/>\nWhere it goes, nobody knows. (x2)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a-goin&#8217; to the East,<br \/>\nAlways famine, never feast. (x2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridge:<\/strong><br \/>\ncigarettes and tin cans in the ditch beside the road<br \/>\nold men fishing in the shade<br \/>\nchoking on exhaust from trucks that rumble by<br \/>\nturning to the east&#8230; following my feet\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Instrumental Solos)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bridge:<\/strong><br \/>\ncigarettes and tin cans in the ditch beside the road<br \/>\nold men fishing in the shade<br \/>\nchoking on exhaust from trucks that rumble by<br \/>\nturning to the east&#8230; following my feet\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final chorus:<\/strong><br \/>\nSit beneath the bodhi tree,<br \/>\nchewin&#8217; on these leaves of tea. (x2)<br \/>\nNever sleep and always pray,<br \/>\nSwear we&#8217;ll all break out one day. (x2)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a-walkin&#8217; down this road,<br \/>\nWhere it goes, nobody knows. (x2)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I wrote this song while I was with Dabang Band, but while we ran through it a few times, it never ended up being part of our repertory. I&#8217;d still like to turn it into something, but I would need a couple of days with some music software, and a couple of baritone-voiced singers, and some recording gear. Doable, but it&#8217;d take time. We&#8217;ll see if I ever get to it. If I find the sheet music around, I&#8217;ll post a scan of it here&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Gord Sellar Chorus: I&#8217;m a-walkin&#8217; down this road, Where it goes, nobody knows. (x2) Verse 1: One foot and then the other, the footsteps one by one. Five thousand miles to go Before my walkin&#8217;s done. Chorus: I&#8217;m a-walkin&#8217; down this road, Where it goes, nobody knows. (x2) I&#8217;m a-goin&#8217; to the East, Always [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-songs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xIep-1T","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordsellar.com\/texts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}