My second protest song. Bring them home. Dedicated to soldiers everywhere.

Krister Axel - acoustic guitar, vocals

Karen Teperberg - drums, vocals
Matt Delvecchio - bass, vocals
Mike Freas - guitar
Chet Dixon - harmonica
Krister Axel - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Live at the Knitting Factory Los Angeles, opening for Tony Furtado.

Raw baby! This song is a gem. :)

A very old recording of a song I wrote long ago. This is a live take with my Madison line-up - drums, bass, violin, banjo, and Axel on guitar.
Improvised intro by Robert Schoville (drummer).

An old recording from a really long time ago, done on a Fostex 4-track cassette. This was a re-recording and substantial retooling of the original version written as a junior in high school in 1989. The title was taken from a Langston Hughes poem called 'Strange Hurt'.

Krister Axel - acoustic guitar, vocals, Korg CX-3

(Fast, fast)
I'm fast like a runaway train
I'm fast like John Wayne
I'm fast like you don't know when
I'm fast and I'll do it again

(fast, fast)
maybe you should just stay down
maybe you should just stay down

you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now

(fast, fast)
I'm fast like a runaway train
I'm fast like John Wayne

we're coming back next time
next time we're coming back for sure
we'll never stop pushing
next time they'll be too slow
next time we'll take it home
don't be the last to know

we're coming back next time
next time we're coming back for sure
let's stay together
after all this time
you know we will survive
you know we will survive

we'll always be here
we'll always be here again