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Boardwalks

by Barry Johnson

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Ocean City 05:13
Summer night, Ocean city oh that pier, she looks so pretty all made up in flashing lights Couples walk by hand in hand leaving footprints in the sand artifacts from here and now To my left some spoiled kid too angry for the life he lives To my right some kind of clown Talkin' sweet about his baby oh she lives in New York City Going up to see her soon And there's a lady in the corner singing songs for star-crossed-lovers same as every other week She's got a tip jar at her feet just does her best to make ends meet and all the tourists come to see And I don't got nowhere to go so I'll just sit here drinking slow. Let her voice arrest my soul Take me someplace far away oh I'll just lay out in the shade Count mistakes I've never made Now the clown he's gone away a clean cut stranger takes his place Sunday best on Friday night He's shootin glances at the door he's all dressed up to get stood up It's clear to everyone but him And I don't got nowhere to go so I'll just sit here drinking slow. Let her voice arrest my soul Take me someplace far away oh I'll just lay out in the shade count mistakes I've never made And I don't got nowhere to go so I'll just sit here drinking slow. Let her voice arrest my soul Take me someplace far away oh I'll just lay out in the shade count mistakes, count mistakes I've never made Autumn night, Ocean City oh that pier, she looks so pretty
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Time 03:57
Took a walk again last night, pull yourself out of your mind never does you any good, still somehow you think it should She went upstairs and got to bed briefly pretends you never left you wound up knocking on my door again you're sleeping on the floor And now you're talking in your sleep, about the way this used to be some sort of unpolluted dream you wouldn't ever dare to leave But now these buildings look the same, maybe you need to make a change Once everything was on your side, now you're running out of time. Now you're laying on the ground clumsy cage of broken bones drawing pictures in the sky empty bottle at your side She never really asked for much you never really understood that's just the way it goes I guess you only did the best you could Now you're feeling left behind by things you never thought would change Remember when you wondered why so many people stayed the same? You've got a way of looking down, says you're figuring this out, but now she's making up her mind, man you're running out of time Man you're running out of time. And all this time for nothing; that's all you're ever gonna say always counts for something; that's all you're ever gonna hear Man I don't have an answer, honestly I can't pretend I understand But you finally have a reason... You'll leave this place for real
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Could you tell me again what you hoped you'd found in me throwing stones from the pier cursing all the damn lights Was it just something new or did something else speak to you carry you to my side throwing stones to the tide It didn't matter much to me what you thought I was headed towards It didn't matter much to you where I thought you were We were safe behind the masks of everybody we knew before And we were burning through the blues we could never wash away I don't remember what you said, made me life til my stomach turned But I remember how you looked, oh it's all I really see these days In that seafront town, oh the man by the shore used to run this place now he sits all alone, watching ships fade to the sea. An the nights we spent, tearing page after page from our memories maybe you took the best of me we had the world at our feet So could you ask me again will I really remember you will I come back around for you does the bracelet look good on you See I get overwhelmed I know I never gave an answer then and I'm aware of the consequence of every word I never said But I don't carry much regret, I'm just glad you said hi to me Beneath that late summer sky and those damn neon lights In that seafront town, oh the man by the shore used to run this place now he sits all alone, watching ships fade to the sea. And the nights we spent, tearing page after page from our memories maybe you took the best of me we had the world at our feet We had the world at our feet
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Pelicans 04:28
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Clam Chowder 03:49
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End of June 03:13
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Autumn Bells 04:50

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released December 19, 2016

Barry Johnson - Guitar and vocals

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Travis Geiman at Bigfoot Studios in Maumee, OH

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