Savannah

He wanted to ride off into the sunset

like Hopalong Cassidy always did,

but he lived in the midlands

And he had promised himself

that he would retire someday to Savannah

and riding off into the sunset

Led into the mountains

and mountains grow cold in winter

and he feared he may die alone

In a Appalachian winter

and strangers would bury him

in cold, clammy ground,

So he grew old from indecision,

never became a hero,

or retired and moved to Savannah.

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