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You can lead a buffalo anywhere it wants to go
Look at what a life costs, or you can turn the lights off
Or you can sit and stare, see if I care,
just see if I’d dare, to sing a holy hustler’s prayer...
to sing a holy hustler’s prayer.


Born in the middle of a dynasty, grew up like a Gypsy boy
With a gaze a little deeper than eternity he understood both pleasure and joy.
Followed his daddy into Hollywood, started to climb till he soared
The first film he made was a masterpiece
& then he brought his camera to the war

I was weeping last night about eternity, John Huston
& the treasures my beloved one has given to me JH
& everything there was & everything there’ll ever be JH
One of the most crazy bastards in history JH

You can lead a buffalo anywhere it wants to go
But do not for a minute doubt,
That that beast will gorge your eyes out
It’s best you settle down
Do not show it any fear
For if you get too near: it will kill you right here
It will kill you right here

He had five wives, they each got younger,
Till love was nothing more than want & hunger..
but beauty is transitional, nothing here stays,
but in the celluloid temple, everybody prays
The lord had mercy, the lord made light,
now The Night Of The Iguana is tonight

And Albert Finney is drunk down in Mexico
The Irish estate is no more
There must be a place where the buffalo roam
When there’s no more sharp knives in the drawer

He went down to Reno with Marilyn Monroe
It was she and Clark Gable’s last stand
Follow that star, it’ll take us right home
Well God laughs when a man makes a plan

I was weeping last night about eternity JH
& will I ever be free, whatever ‘free’ is to me? JH
& all the movies anybody ever saw JH
& who took Katherine Hepburn down to Africa? JH
who filmed Annie on an oxygen tank? JH

Well he smoked & he hunted & he fucked & he drank. JH
I was weeping last night about eternity

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from The Infinite & The Autogrill, vol. I, released April 16, 2021

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Bocephus King Vancouver, British Columbia

Known for his worldly folk sound, Bocephus King (James Perry) has played music for crowds around the globe as well as collaborated with master musicians from all over the world.

His collaborative nature, cross-cultural style and authentic storytelling make his performances ones that make you feel as though you’ve left the room or field you arrived to hear him in for another place altogether. ... more

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