Crossroads

from Little Boy Goes to Hell - Live in Seattle, 1998 Version by Mark Nichols

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as lights come up on Little boy
walking with his hobo stick. He looks around. Slowly, a SIGN is
lowered.
The sign says:
"This string is not to be pulled."
LITTLE BOY pulls the string. A flap falls down it says "Look in the
knot hole! Stupid!" The CLOWN enters, extremely upset.
CLOWN Now you've done it.
Little boy is shocked.
CLOWN Why did you do it? The sign said not to pull
the string.
Little boy I just want to find the devil so I can make a deal and get
out of this place.
CLOWN Yeah, but the sign says "Don't pull the string."
Little boy I can't read.
CLOWN Oh!
(he is instantly happy)
It says look in the knot hole.
Little boy What?
CLOWN Put your hand in the knothole.
Little boy reaches in a knothole in the tree and finds a letter.
Little boy It's a note. What
good's that gonna do me?
CLOWN Give it to me. I'll read it. It says: "In celebration of my
inevitable new soul, I the Devil, am
hosting a party, call it a "soul-
stice". This will be a grand brew-ha-ha featuring the usual assortment
of gross odities, drunkeness, presents
, and of course, as usual, we'll
be dancing to architecture."
The clown laughs
CLOWN Yipee, a party!
The clown tries to decide which way to go, finally gives up, whips out
a harmonica and drops to the ground between the two paths,
morosely depressed.
CROSSROADS
Little Boy Goes to Hell by Mark Nichols June 5th, 1998
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© Copyright 1998 by Mark Nichols
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CLOWN
Well I'm sittin at the crossroads
gwinna make a deal with the debil down the way
Gwinna find the debil's playground
and while I wait around I'm gwinna play
Gwinna Swing the debil's swing
gwinna slide the Debil's slide
gonna play hide and go seek
in a land where you can't hide
Lawdy lay
I'm gwoin' to the crossroads
lookin' for the "Y" in the road .
Make a deal with the Devil,
and maybe lighten up, my heavy load

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from Little Boy Goes to Hell - Live in Seattle, 1998 Version, released October 27, 2013

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