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This Town

by Lonely Oak

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This town is really nowhere
Made up of paper and string
Nothing to hold your interest
In the slightest thing

It’s a point on a map
Mailboxes and power lines
Car wrecks and arson the only excitement
That you get sometimes

We can go back
or we can advance
We can go sideways
and take a chance
We can climb up
We can back down
Just can’t stay in this town

I spy a bathtub madonna
Think I’ll say a prayer
Holy mother of the outskirts
Please take us anywhere

All I hear is the silence
All I see is the smoke
From a passing cargo train
That diesel really makes you choke

We can go back
or we can advance
We can go sideways
and take a chance
We can climb up
We can back down
Just can’t stay in this town

And we know that these roots ain’t very deep
We got promises to break and promises to keep
Sometimes you pray you’ll just stay asleep

Distant hound dog howling
Sounding like my restless soul
Those pills they gave me don’t always
Make me feel like I’m in control

Thinking we should cash out
See if our luck can last
Time to move on even if we’re
Going nowhere fast

We can go back
or we can advance
We can go sideways
and take a chance
We can climb up
We can back down
Just can’t stay in this town

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released February 4, 2024

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Lonely Oak New Hampshire

Based in New Hampshire, USA, Mark Reimer composes and performs original music under the name Lonely Oak in the spirit of American blues, country, and gospel ancestors. Descended from Okies and Arkies (look it up), he was an ordained minister in his 20s and has been a traveler ever since. ... more

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