I Ain't Gonna Grow Old In This Place Anymore

from Tales From PA 6 by Tom Flannery and Bret Alexander

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I Ain't Gonna Grow Old In This Place Anymore

You reach a certain point when things fit through your head
that are better off where they were...better left unsaid
You cry for the wrong reasons you drink to get away
you find a little hiding place to get through the day
Graveyard burstin' at the seams with the junkies and the whores
well I ain't gonna grow old in this place anymore

Spin the bottle..wiffle ball...catching fireflies
while Daddy takes a powder and never says goodbye
Ten jobs in 4 years and the bank closing in
just a picture in a scrap-book now...a casualty of sin
My mother working double shifts out at the Wal-Mart store
well I ain't gonna grow old in this place anymore

Dreams come true on movie screens and inside battered veins
the rest make do with Friday Nights and watching passing trains
fools wave the stars and bars singing country songs
6 packs of Natty Ice searching for what’s wrong
you digest everything and then realize you're bored
well I ain't gonna grow old in this place anymore

When you ain't got heart to break
when the pain becomes a ache
stop looking for something new
and run out of things to do
destined to sweep the floor
no more...no more...

Minds about as closed as the factory downtown
the weeds have taken over and the cops don't come around
gang graffiti on the loading docks..peace signs in the can
broken glass to navigate just where I am
School spirit and football games...cheerleaders by the score
well I ain't gonna grow old in this place anymore
Graveyard burstin' at the seams with the junkies and the whores
well I ain't gonna grow old in this place anymore

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from Tales From PA 6, released June 21, 2018

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