I am listing to Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt these days. I agree that TVZ was a good writer, but he's always drunk in his live recordings, and I can't get past that. Steve Earle is the master. His rhymes always come together with a splash. I don't know if he wrote "Tom Ames' Prayer", but I am saying he did, and I love the line:
Well they sent the preacher down to my cell
He said the Lord is your only hope
He's the only friend that you gonna have
When you hit the end of Parker's rope
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