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The river banks hard by the railroad tracks
takes the last of the will that your Daddy lacked
till the clocks get stopped at the schoolhouse door
keep you feet on the ground by nailing 'em to the floor

There's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here
blind-white cotton will light the way
ghosts in chains oversee the day
moaning them hollers crushing the lie
cursing the sins with a poet's eye
there's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here

Graveyards talk but neighbors never do
bottleneck whines and you feel it too
like the eyes you sense….like debts unpaid
like an indian word you still can't say

There's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here
blind-white cotton will light the way
ghosts in chains oversee the day
moaning them hollers crushing the lie
cursing the sins with a poet's eye
there's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here

Can't drag me away
I've loved you the best I can
failure ain't always
the lack of a plan
lessons learned
when you fear the things
and the kind of sadness
that this living brings

I've gone young to old to back again
with the same fireflies from way back when
alone but not lonely….thirsty but not dry
muscle shoals will sing to me when I die

There's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here
blind-white cotton will light the way
ghosts in chains oversee the day
moaning them hollers crushing the lie
cursing the sins with a poet's eye
there's music in the blood round here
music in the mud down here

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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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