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Crystal Beach

from A Place to Call Home by Brightwire

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lyrics

They're paving all the dirt roads, but they left this one alone
My trailer's at the dead end, but it's no place to call home
Shrimp boats and oil fields, the only jobs still around
When tourists all pack up and forget this little town
The winter months bring boredom until the sun shines again
I'm cooking up distraction until the payday ends

Yeah, it's just another small town
Where the edges get so hard to reach
I'm wasting away all my best years
Just living out here on this Crystal Beach

Cough syrup and matchbooks, coffee filters, starter spray
It takes a special kind of poison to survive this day to day
At the end of my dirt road, the heat never gets too high
The sheriff has bigger problems like that run off this July
And mama keeps the children, you know they want or need
She just hides behind her bible to block the things she shouldn't see

Yeah, it's just another small town
Where the edges get so hard to reach
I'm wasting away all my best years
Just living out here on this Crystal Beach

When a man gets greedy, that's when it all goes wrong
A zig when you should zag, one spark and it's all gone
The flames lit the night sky, if there was maker, we would've met
Ma just told the children that I fell asleep with a cigarette

Yeah, it's just another small town
Where the edges get so hard to reach
I'm wasting away all my best years
Just living out here on this Crystal Beach

Words and Music by Samuel Barker

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from A Place to Call Home, released September 14, 2018
Samuel Barker - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Kimberly Barker - Vocals
John Stoll - Electric Guitar
Michael Helfenstein - Dobro

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Brightwire Houston, Texas

Brightwire is an Americana band born from a household of musicians and hailing from southeast Texas. Combining elements of folk, rock, country, punk and whatever else they happen to get interested in, they weave tales of lives lived in our world today. For them, music is about inclusion and letting others know they are not alone in their struggles. ... more

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