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Checked myself out of that place on old route 9
desk clerk gives me the same room every time
out behind the railroad tracks this highway’s got my back
running in circles before I walk the line
running in circles before I decide to walk the line

I should have known better than to fall at age 16
to the prettiest thing this town had ever seen
but the heart trumps the head
a warm body trumps an empty bed
two young dreamers stuck behind the back porch screen
two young dreamers stuck behind the back porch screen

Forever again / forever again
names once more / carved in the floor

We know it all too soon and that ain’t fair
to the ghosts on the barstools over there
lovers gone to ground afraid to make a sound
flicking all the gray out of their hair
flicking all that gray stuff from their hair

running in place with fire in our eyes
small town whispers decimate the lies
I hurt you just to see
what it would mean to me

Some nights we just sit and stare
watching the sun go down over there
wondering what might have been
if we knew back then
the who the what the why and the where
the who the what the why and the where

Forever again / forever again
names once more / carved in the floor

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from Dupont Back Porches, released March 31, 2016

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Tom Flannery Scranton, Pennsylvania

"One of the most gifted songwriters to emerge at the turn of the century"
-- The All Music Guide

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