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This is a cautionary tale with its roots back in The Garden. In the tradition of "The Highwayman" and "Bonny Barbara Allan," we all must sleep in the narrow beds we've made. Many thanks to KEPHAS for performing the daylights out of this tune.
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BOB DYLAN meets TOM PETTY, ERIC ANDERSEN, and WEIRD AL - in church.
Lex Zaleta is a talented and prolific songwriter from Pennsylvania who moved twelve hours nearer to Nashville in August of 2004. He has songs available in many genres: CHRISTIAN, COMEDY/NOVELTY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY ROCK, FOLK, FOLK ROCK, ROCK, and SPOKEN WORD. Mr. Jan Destner from Sweden has performed, produced, and recorded some of Lex's work: "Filling in for Jesus," "How Much Does It Cost to Be Free?," "The Great Gray Sky," "It's Daddy's War," "Walking Dead, "A Bedtime Prayer," and "Medusa's Wild (The Snake Eyes Song)." Kephas, an exceptional artist from Miami, has released a full album of Lex's "religious" songs titled LZ. King Arthur, a highly original talent from Phoenix, has released REX Z, and Bret Alexander of the Badlees has released two all-acoustic albums of Lex's work, THE PLEASURES THAT LAST and INTO MY LIFE. Lex's own albums include TAKE A GOOD LOOK, THE EDGE OF SOMEWHERE, THE CROP, LAST TOMORROW, FILLING IN FOR JESUS, THE "QUITE A HANDFUL" COMPILATION, TOUGH'S NOT ENOUGH, WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO?, SHADOW PEOPLE, THIS IS WHO I AM, STILL, ONE FROM EVERY ALBUM, ASKING FOR FOREVER, SAY SOMETHING IN POETRY, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, THE KEY, SIGNS AND WONDERS, SMALL TRACES OF TRUTH, FREE, TWO FROM SEVEN COMPILATION, THIS CUP, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Two, LEX'S LAUGH TRACKS, THE HOPIN' ROAD, TWENTY FROM TEN Compilation, STATE OF THE UNION, LEFT BEHIND, THIS IS WHO I AM: Volume Three, PLAYING THE GHOST, WRITTEN IN STONE, TWENTY FROM TEN Volume Two Compilation, I WANT TO BE THERE, EVERYMAN, QUIET IN THE COURTROOM, THE LAST, and MADE IN HEAVEN. All of these albums are distributed through Tunecore, CDBaby, and Indigoboom to the major online music stores like iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, AmazonMP3, Spotify, and Napster - or you may visit the Album Store at ... www.LexZaleta.com ...
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Christian Rock
Charts
Peak #93
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Lex Zaleta/Richard Gonzalez
Rights
Lex Zaleta
Uploaded
February 11, 2005
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MP3 5.4 MB • 128 kbps • 5:54
Story behind the song
The "narrow bed" is a staple death image in traditional ballads. I thought I'd borrow it for an assessment of our modern world.
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NARROW BED Centuries of sin Have done this planet in; Have left us all Shaken and afraid. Too late to begin To turn to the truth again; We must sleep in The narrow bed We’ve made. Pharisees and pharaohs, And famine’s evil arrows All have fallen And decayed. But I fear I see tomorrow In the fall of the sparrow. We must sleep in The narrow bed We’ve made. The letter of the law Was all you ever saw; You never saw The sentence To be paid. When you go to bed tonight, Don’t expect the morning light. You must sleep in The narrow bed You’ve made. Caught down near the water, With Pharaoh’s daughter, On a cool, crisp, Cairo day. He spoke as any father, Saying, “You broke her; Now you bought her. Now take these two away; They must sleep in The narrow bed They’ve made.” You’ve never felt the hunger, Even when you were much younger; Your billions were all that you displayed. Now, you’ll find your feasting All is hollow, And you’ll find this Hard to swallow: You must sleep in The narrow bed You’ve made. Centuries of sin Have done this planet in, Have left us all Shaken and afraid. Too late to begin To turn to the truth again; We must sleep in The narrow bed We’ve made. Copyright © 1999 Lex Zaleta
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