$100 From Home

from Old Treeplanter by Scott Wicken

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$100 From Home

There I was at my destination, downtown Van bus station, $100 from home. I was never so happy to be alone. I could give you all my reasons for leaving: heart full of weeds, barely breathing, head so cluttered and overgrown, a beaten up copy of On the Road.

Well I lived for awhile on the welfare line, ate KD and drank cheap wine, had plenty of time to mess up my mind, so I drew pictures and wrote my lines $100 from home.

It was me and Tim and a female hero, lost and profound underground zeroes, bleak and battered, beaten down. It was Nirvana's Bleach and the Seattle sound. At the Classical Joint I met this girl. She was suicidal, at odds with the world, so I took her hand and walked her home. We made love to the Rolling Stones.

Well I lived for awhile on the welfare line, ate KD and drank cheap wine, had plenty of time to mess up my mind, so I drew pictures and wrote my lines $100 from home.

I grew tired of living hand to mouth and sleeping in my clothes on a stranger's couch. I'd laughed and loved and logged all my miles. I was a bag of bones with a crooked smile. I cashed my cheque for a hundred bucks, bought a one way ticket on the Greyhound bus, I watched this country roll on past like a silent movie in the tinted glass. Past the hunchback mountains of Roger's Pass, then the foothills, and 2 days of flat, then the rocks and trees and lakes of the Canadian Shield, then home sweet home sweet farmer's fields.

Well I lived for awhile on the welfare line, ate KD and drank cheap wine, had plenty of time to mess up my mind, so I drew pictures and wrote my lines $100 from home.

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from Old Treeplanter, released June 15, 2014
Scott Wicken - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Hammond Organ, Banjo, Cello
Shannon Lyon - Electric Guitar, Tambourine, Vocals

©℗ 2014 Scott Wicken (SOCAN)

Mixed and produced by Shannon Lyon at Up Up Studio
Mastered by Cory Barnes

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Scott Wicken Waterloo, Ontario

Scott Wicken is a singer/songwriter/musician/spoken word artist/poet based in Waterloo, Ontario. He's been part of the artistic/musical communities in Vancouver, Yellowknife, Edmonton and has performed in bars, cafes, art galleries and festivals across Canada. His work pays special attention to the lyric. Currently, he is a member of City'N'Eastern, an acoustic trio of original music. ... more

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