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Rolling On

Took the car your daddy bought you / after your time away
just what set it all in motion / no one would ever say
headed down the turnpike / to anyplace south
searching for a feeling / like a taste in your mouth
Running from Jesus / in a black oldsmobile
She shimmies over 60 / but he got it for a steal
your sister she’s re-born again / said she's glad your gone
moved into your bedroom / with another ex-con
But you’re rolling on...rolling in / Chasing away the childhood sin
Growing up growing old / Tired of doing what you’re told

Your brother went to grad-school / for the lack of a plan
And to avoid coming back here / for as long as he can
There’s been whispering about your mother / and the preacher for a while
Guess figuring if she gets there / best do it in style
Daddy holding court down at Paulie’s bar
When he runs out of excuses starts blaming FDR
Enough meat in the freezer / to outlast them all
got the Ten Commandments mounted on the wall
But you’re rolling on...rolling in / Chasing away the childhood sin
Growing up growing old / Tired of doing what you’re told

Find a bridge and peer on over
Clutching a roadside 4-leaf clover
Just another irish rover
Just another irish rover

Every other Christmas / you try to make it home
Trying to recognize the faces / that they send you on their phones
Heads hung heavy / in the morning light
The same empty bottles / and the same old fight
Uber to the airport / and you fall into the bar
Wondering how you managed / to even get this far
All their eyes like slits / only open on a dare
Looking for their love / not their thoughts and prayers
But you’re rolling on...rolling in / Chasing away the childhood sin
Growing up growing old / Tired of doing what you’re told

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from Tales From PA 6, released June 21, 2018

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Tom Flannery Scranton, Pennsylvania

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