Name: Prowlin' Lobo
Duration: P00H04M06S
Description: Prowlin' Lobo is meant to evoke feelings of the outlaw chase using the Mexican Grey Wolf as the subject. Running through the US Plains and desert southwest into Mexico, the lobo is hunted by authorities, but can't be caught. As with many blues-based songs, some lyrics also double as sexual metaphors; in this case, a man 'on the prowl' who chases, then leaves, a woman.

Prowlin' Lobo

from Prowlin' Lobo Blues by Eric Allen

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Prowlin' Lobo is meant to evoke feelings of the outlaw chase using the Mexican Grey Wolf as the subject. Running through the US Plains and desert southwest into Mexico, the lobo is hunted by authorities, but can't be caught. As with many blues-based songs, some lyrics also double as sexual metaphors; in this case, a man 'on the prowl' who chases, then leaves, a woman.

lyrics

This right here's the prowlin' lobo blues
I got em'

Yeah I run from South Dakota
Badlands, San Antone
Cross the Rio Grande baby
New Mexico
I run from
South Dakota mama
Badlands, San Antone
Lord I cross that Rio Grande
Lord all the way out into New Mexico now

Lord I roam that Blue Range
Badlands to the White Sand
Cross the Mescalero baby
into Jicarilla land
Lord I roam that Blue Range mama
Crossin' Mescalero land
Lord nobody can catch me mama
Lord, had 'em right there in my sight.
Yes, I did.
That's right.
Here we go now.

Wanna tie me down
Wanna hold me down
Pick up your scent mama
Way outside your town
Lord wanna hunt you down baby
Wanna run you down
This prowlin' lobo gonna chase you mama lord
All the way back to Pecos town lord
All the way back there.

Chase me through Paso del Norte
Ah San Jeronimo in my sight
Prowlin' them stockyards at daybreak lord
Hit Durango by the fall of night
Lord I cross that Rio Grande mama
San Jeronimo in my sight
Lord nobody gonna stop me mama
Gotta hit Durango by the fall of night
Yes, I do now.
That's right.

Yeah
I'm a bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
Prowlin' all night

Yeah
I'm a bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
A bad wolf
Gone by the mornin' light

credits

from Prowlin' Lobo Blues, released February 2, 2023
Songwriter - Eric Allen.
Vocals & Guitar - Eric Allen.
Mandolin - Tom Peng.
Banjo - Dadan 达旦.
Double Bass - James Thomason.
Guitar / Backing Vocals - Michael Maslennikov.

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Eric Allen Los Angeles, California

Eric Allen, originally from Indiana, is known for his authentic Americana, blues, country sound. Eric released his 2nd album, Prowlin' Lobo Blues, in Feb. 2023. Eric’s self-titled debut album released in Jan. 2021.
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