The cowboy music twanged in the roadhouse and carried across the field…

Jack Kerouac
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The cowboy music twanged in the roadhouse and carried across the fields, all sadness. It was all right with me. I kissed my baby and we put out the lights. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). Road Novels 1957-1960
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The cowboy music twanged in the roadhouse and carried across the fields, all sadness. It was all right with me. I kissed my baby and we put out the lights. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2007). Road Novels 1957-1960

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