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Title: THE DOGS OF SAN JON
Songwriter: John Stewart
Lyrics: Have you seen Elijah? He is part coyote
That’s what the young albino said
Have you seen Elijah? Hear he eats peyote
Throwing back a young albino head
Before they closed the highway,
We had flamingos on the lawn
Drivers said to fill her up,
And we’d be movin’ on
Before they closed the highway,
We had flamingos on the lawn

Chorus:
The Old Ones are vanishing,
And soon they will be gone
And all that we’ll be hearing,
All that we’ll be hearing
All that we’ll be hearing,
Is the barking of the Dogs of San Jon

Was you ever in Texas,
Yeah when the locusts were flying
Was you ever in Texas,
Yeah when the highways were alive
Well I have been in Texas
When the locusts were flying
Yeah I’ve been in Texas
When they blackened the skies

There are ghosts that should be sleeping
I hear them on the ground
Kicking at the oil can
Making ghostly sounds
There are ghosts that should be sleeping
I can hear them on the ground

(Repeat Chorus)

In Amarillo juke joints
Oh they dance the night away
The dogs are chained and barking
Every hour of the day
In Amarillo juke joints yeah
Yeah they dance the night away
Yeah they dance the night away

(Repeat Chorus)