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Goodbye Wild Bill

from Head West by Martin Zellar

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lyrics

This here’s the story of a tortured soul
His journey down a deep, dark hole
A hole he would one day make his grave
Suicide by alcohol
Bad check taped to a liquor store wall
A damaged soul too far gone to save

Goodbye Wild Bill
I can see your smile and hear you laughing still

We were a rag tag band of outstate boys
Drank too much, made a lot of noise
Each and every one of us a mess
One day Wild Bill stumbled in
No one remembers where or when
He just blended in with our excess

We drank a lot, but Bill drank more
We’d do three shots, he’d do four
His brain went black before his mouth would quit
We’d head to bed, he’d keep drinking
Further down, he just kept sinking
Half the shit he’d say he’d forget

Lost his job, lost his car
He was 86’d from every bar
So he commenced to slowly kill himself
From beer to scotch, scotch to vodka
Kessel One to Kamshaska
He drank his way down to the bottom shelf

He’d disappear after dark
Find rough trade down in Loring Park
Then show up bruised and bloody at my door
He’d fill my ashtrays, drink my liquor
Laugh and lie and cry and bicker
Until he’d finally pass out on my floor

I had to walk away from Bill
I had to but it haunts me still
I was fighting demons of my own
I was on my knees, but I was tryin’
Bill was just dead-set on dying
He had to walk that final mile alone

Then one day the news came in
Wild Bill’s ride had reached it’s end
Came as no surprise to anyone
I shed my tears for Wild Bill
His story haunts me, always will
Was there anything more I could have said or done

credits

from Head West, track released August 6, 2023
Dominic Ciola: bass
Geoff Queen: pedal steel, lap steel, mandolin
Scott Wenum: drums, percussion
Martin Zellar: lead vocal
Wilson Zellar: guitars

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Martin Zellar Minneapolis, Minnesota

Martin Zellar first appeared on the MN music scene in the late 80s as the lead singer and songwriter for the alt-country pioneers, Gear Daddies. The Gear Daddies released 2 albums on Polygram Records before amicably parting ways in 1992.

Zellar has gone on to record and perform as a solo artist and with his band The Hardways, releasing 8 more albums on the Rykodisc and Owen Lee Recordings labels.
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