Name: Double Truth Ruth
Duration: P00H05M20S
Description: words & music by kent marks

Double Truth Ruth

from September 78 by Roland & The Lucky Few

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words & music by kent marks

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I recall Germany
At the Chapel of the 8th Infantry
Pop was preaching - don’t remember what
Then the choir shuffled to the front
When they sang they opened up a door
To a place I’d never been before
Something shook me, shook me to the core
They raised their hands like they was gonna pray
Moved their feet, started to sway
In a sea of brown faces my sister had the white one
Cap. Carl took his place and gave a little navigation
When they sang they opened up a door
To a world I’d never seen before
Someone shouted, shouted out for more
They raised the roof and that’s the truth, Ruth
I got the proof and that’s the double-truth, Ruth
Now I'm back in the USA
I worked it out, learned how to play
Pop is deep in the word and sister found her soul
While the music I heard keeps me in the fold
When they sang they opened up a door
To a sound I’d never heard before
Something inside let out a roar
In the rabble and the rubble I forgot my trouble
And that’s the truth, Ruth
I could swear that I could hear it down inside my spirit
And that’s the double-truth, Ruth

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from September 78, released February 1, 2015
Vocals, horns, organ, piano, electric guitar, bass and drums:
Roland and The Lucky Few

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Roland & The Lucky Few New York

R&TLF is a collaboration between Roland, Mac and myself to find something old and new.

Everything is a draft; nothing is final.

-k

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