The Ballad of Sheriff John Castle

from Drive All Night by HOVORKA

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The Ballad Of Sheriff John Castle

Sheriff John Castle was a troubled man,
He had cloudy vision in a cloudless land,
Where the highway ended was where his life began
Until he was consumed by the bitterness.
Shut down cold by the bitterness

The cities of The North, roads between them are old,
And the cars and the trucks are all full of rust holes,
And in the space between the towns John Castle was the law,
Until he was shut down by the bitterness
Shut down cold by the bitterness

John Castle was a dog in wolf's clothing,
To John Castle, luxury meant nothing.
He loved his girlfriend, his parents needed his love, too,
And all the way to the horizon he had work to do

Sheriff John Castle was a troubled man,
He had cloudy vision in a cloudless land,
Where the highway ended was where his life began
Until he was consumed by the bitterness.
Shut down cold by the bitterness
Nuclear-winterized by bitterness
A sheriff's paradise turned to bitterness

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from Drive All Night, released December 6, 2021
Music and lyrics by John Hovorka, Jr.

John Hovorka - vocals, guitars

Produced by John Hovorka and Broz Brosnan

Engineer - Craig Randall

Photography - Alan Chin

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John Hovorka played guitar and bass guitar in bands first in Geneva NY but mostly in Boston then in New York City. After he started writing songs he was the leader of The 2x4's (1978 - 1980), then Noise Pencil (1982), Turbines (1983 - 1987), Hovorka (1988 - 2002), John Hovorka And The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming (DOMF) (2003 - 2016), and also made solo albums. He is now in Massachusetts. ... more

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