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This Old Town

from Summertime by Jim France

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Memories of this old town
Wrapped in rust
And buried in the ground
The future’s gone
Fading into past
What once was
Didn’t have the strength to last

The coal black train
Heading down the track
Once it’s gone
It ain’t coming back
Progress breaks
Against the cliffs of time
Fools they search
For things to hold
Live for now
Their mantra holds
Like drinking dust
They’re never satisfied

This town once was
The place to be
So many lives
Are written in these streets
But when fortunes fade
And the rest desert
The façade it crumbles
Bleeding pain and hurt

The coal black train
Heading down the track
Once it’s gone
It ain’t coming back
Progress breaks
Against the cliffs of time
Fools they search
For things to hold
Live for now
Their mantra holds
Like drinking dust
They’re never satisfied

This old town isn’t gone for good
If people lived their lives like they knew they should
Always live for love never live for hate
Put aside the greed it’s not too late
This old town it can return
With a will to live and a will to learn
Address the want and fulfill the need
In this old town it can succeed

For those still here
Now left behind
Out of place
And often out of mind
The world moves on
Without looking back
Pick up the pieces
Of the ruin and wrack

The coal black train
Heading down the track
Once it’s gone
It ain’t coming back
Progress breaks
Against the cliffs of time
Fools they search
For things to hold
Live for now
Their mantra holds
Like drinking dust
They’re never satisfied

Memories of this old town
Wrapped in rust
And buried in the ground

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from Summertime, released May 27, 2022

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Jim France South Haven, Michigan

Drawing from a varied pallet of musical influences, Jim attempts to create songs that sound uniquely familiar.

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