Border Town

from World at Large by Dust Poets

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lyrics

always the quiet ones who learn to sing
jail is the place where you should keep it shut
she waits in silence for the phone to ring
she picks it up and listens hard
tries not to breathe and tries not to disturb
she was a straight line on the learning curve
before the conversation hit the curb
she listened hard to his last words
everyone deserved, everyone deserved
everyone deserved, everyone deserved
it’s always quiet on that border town
everybody’s got their head bowed down
they ran that stranger straight on outta town
there was no one left to talk about
the knot was tied when they got outta school
the shotgun wedding got them hitched on time
an occupation based on petty crime
he did the time all the time
they met behind the fence before the dawn
that love could not go anywhere but wrong
he said revenge is just as sweet as you
she hung it up and listened hard
everyone deserved, everyone deserved
everyone deserved, everyone deserved
it’s always quiet on that border town
everybody’s got their head bowed down
they ran that stranger straight on outta town
there was no one left to talk about
scatter my ashes on the asphalt lot
down where i used to call the shots
that hug and slug used to get pretty hot
but everyone deserved, everyone deserved
everyone deserved, everyone deserved
it’s always quiet on that border town
everybody’s got their head bowed down
they ran that stranger straight on outta town
there was no one left to talk about

credits

from World at Large, released May 26, 2009
words and music by murray d. evans
produced by lloyd peterson and dust poets
murray: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
karla: harmony vocals, accordion
corey: harmony vocals, mandolin
gord: electric bass
sean: drums
damon mitchell: lead electric guitar
lloyd peterson: tambourine