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Angel Riding Shotgun

by Nonie Thompson

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I have a Bnb in Cape Breton and this last spring I had a guest show up on his motorcycle. He was from Wisconsin I believe. He’d been riding for a couple of weeks. We talked at breakfast the next morning and we shared stories of a spiritual nature. I wrote this when he left.

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Angel Riding Shotgun

I wanted to remember all the words he’d said with a song that could capture that feeling
Said he’d met a man looking battered, bruised a bandaged head
That would soon leave him believing
You see he fell in the rain, felt a lot of pain, head hit the ground
Stranded in a way, waiting all the day for the next bus from town
Listening to his story my problems seemed small
As he lifted the weight of my recent fall

He said maybe you know me I’m that Odessa man
Who carried a wooden cross all the way from Michigan
From his pocket came an article all tattered he read
In that little book store I listened to every word that he said
I ran all the way home, a good friend I phoned to tell him this tale
Who said get back to man, fast as you can but to know avail
When I got to that bookstore I looked everywhere
But no one could say that he’d ever been there

He told me stories he said he never tells
They just say I’m crazy there’s no heaven or hell
So I ride this lonely road to wherever leads to be
I hope the promised land at the end of my journey
I looked at his face and there were tears in his eyes
I remember his embrace as we said goodbye
And I knew in that moment we were kindred souls
Cause that empty space within my heart now felt whole

When a man rode up on his motorcycle
There was an angel riding shotgun with him
Cause there was something in his smile that certain feeling all around
As he led that angel’s light on in

credits

released October 18, 2023
Nonie - vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica
Eugene - lead electric guitar and percussion

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Nonie Thompson Little Bras D'Or, Nova Scotia

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