We recently got an email from one of our field associates, and when we opened it we got very excited! It was information, a picture, and a recording by one of our favorite blues men, Buzzy Carlyle! He's recorded just one song for us back when we started. We wanted to sign him up right then and there, but Buzzy at the time was intentionally obtuse about the whole thing. Didn't seem interested. at all, so we let him go his merry way. No one has heard from him for quite a while, and frankly we thought he may have passed on because he was in poor shape when we saw him last.The information our associate gave us told us he just about did!
He had to have emergency heart surgery, and his cardiologist told him if he kept up smoking, drinking, and doing illegal drugs, the surgery would be a waste of time. He'd be dead within the year! That seems to hit home with Buzzy, and he swore to the doctor that he was off the stuff for good, all of it. So far, he's kept to his pledge to his doctor, and more importantly to himself.
Seems that his cardiologist is a big blues fan, and when Buzzy was well enough the doctor brought a guitar for him to practice on! Buzzy had a slow recovery due to his age and the shape he was in, so he was in the hospital for a good stretch. Buzzy said the guitar helped get him through it all. Our associate arranged a recording session with a local studio and as soon as Buzzy was up to it, he recorded this song.Buzzy continues to have health problems and he's in and out of the hospital a lot. But we hear his spirits are really good, and we wish him good health to come!
Damn, I thought I'd be dead by now
Goddam, thought I'd be dead by now
I was fallin' apart, pain in my heart
But the Doctor pulled me through somehow
Took me to the sick house in an ambulance
A free ride to the sick house in an ambulance
Ticker was skippin, bip-itty bippin'
Weren't sure if I still had a chance
What ya think 'bout death can be changin'
When yer coughin' and heavin'
Now the biggest challenge
Is to just stay breathin'
Finally they told me the news
Yes, Doc finally gave me the news
My ticker was ailin', my life was failin'
It really gave me the blues
I asked the Doc is there any hope
Wanted to know if there was any hope
Doc said I ain't lyin, yer real close to dyin'
If ya don't stop all the drankin' and dope.
What ya think 'bout death can be changin'
When yer coughin' and heavin'
Now the biggest challenge
Is to just stay breathin'
Only pills for me is what the Doc give
Yes sir, only what the Doc done give
No more cigarettes or booze, decided to choose
What will help me keep goin' and live
I done lived a long time despite myself
Don't know how much time I got
Finally facin' all my demons
and it shore ain't easy....
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