The Duck Hunter

from The Duck Hunter by Bill Foreman

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By the paddies and trees,
My chin rests on my knees and I'm dreaming.
My mind sees you smile,
And for a tenth of a while, my heart's beaming.
But in my sullen case,
Fortune acts as unkind as it can.
It's time for you to make up your mind
Between me and your man.

Now my captors have brough me my rice,
And it's swarming with vermin.
My mouth howls broken sounds at the clouds
Just as if I were German.
If I'd been shot dead that day
In the city of Hue, I'd be clean.
But I see hungry children slaughtering pigs
In my strange, vivid dreams.

Gone are those sweetest of times.
I continue to pay for my crimes
But when you open up my prose and my rhymes
I know your heart still keeps me.
As I gather my new point of view
My broken spirit slowly learns to be true.
My memory wanders to you
And how we once loved sweetly.

I'd forego my cigarettes and my meals
To sense the way your curvature feels
But in this world of bamboo and steel,
I need a solemn promise.
I'll take any old token you find.
Send it care of the Cong, they won't mind
And if you've chosen to leave me behind,
Send me some farewell kisses.

I remember that cool autumn night
When your husband went hunting.
How we shut all the doors
And the house filled with gasps and with grunting.
Love has taken me time,
But now it's something that I understand.
It's time for you to make up your mind
Between me and your man.

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from The Duck Hunter, released January 1, 1998

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Bill Foreman Los Angeles, California

Bill began developing his approach to song and recording in 1986. Bill recorded his first solo album, "The Bathroom Mirror," in 1997 on a portable Walkman recorder. In December, 2015, Bill released “Funeral Hymns and Outlaw Ballads,” a compilation of his work. Bill’s most recent record, “The Bliss-Chasers,” came out in August, 2016. ... more

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