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We Were Someplace Once

from Fast Track For A Slow Horse by John Bowman

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We Were Someplace Once Bowman/Boudreau 1/19
There’s an old brick factory at the edge of town
With broken windows and holes in the roof
A chain link fence wrapped all around, that kids climb over after school
They’re too young to remember the smoke and the noise
The fire that lit up the sky
Not there’s piles of rusted metal, someone’s abandoned toys
Come and gone, in the blink of an eye

We were someplace once
With streets full of people and their dreams
We had a fair and a parade, but those colours all fade
Will we ever be someplace again? Will we ever be someplace again?

No jobs to be had in empty factories and stores
The young leave, wondering which way to go
There’s just a few old timers, sitting on their porch
Cities suck out our life, we’re like a crop dying slow (chorus)

We’ll hold out as long as we can
We’re too old to change, this will be our last stand
We’ll live on our memories of what used to be
Turn out the lights when the last of us leaves (chorus)

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from Fast Track For A Slow Horse, released December 3, 2023

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