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My Part Of Town
04:59
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My Part Of Town
The smell of the creosote in the warm summer sun
Returns to me like it did when I was young
Daddy used to take me down to the railroad yard
By the time I'd grown I was moving them old boxcars
With dirty locomotives, faded covered in rust
I come home at night smelling like diesel and dust
It keeps the rent paid anyway for now
Here in my part of town
I used to get around, guess it's been awhile
I don't venture out where my clothes feel outta style
There's this girl I like she works at the local drugstore
This one room apartment is all I can afford
It suits me fine wouldn't change it if I could
Everything I need is in this neighborhood
Ain't nobody gonna get me down
In my part of town
There's a cool breeze blowing in off the lake
I take a deep breath in each morning when I wake
Had dreamt I'd retire way out in the pines
Not sure how I'll leave this town behind
Maybe I'll get tired of the weather eventually
And the traffic surely will get the best of me
Live my life one day at a time for now
Here in my part of town
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Ghost Town
03:50
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I went to that old ghost town
To see you you might still be around
Guess I hoped to find you there
You left us all with quite a scare
Long ago one cold winter's eve
She crept out with a habit to feed
Disappeared into the night
Without a sound, and out of sight
No one knows if you been around
Just another lost soul wandering around
Just another ghost in this old ghost town
Just another lost soul in the wrong part of town
I walked that boulevard til sunrise
Looked for you through bloodshot eyes
Tracked any trail you'd left behind
Any trace for some kind of sign
Took our love straight to the pawn shop
Devil's door was my next stop
Something strong to ease a worried head
Light's went out lying in an empty bed
No one knows if you been around
Just another lost soul wandering around
Just another ghost in this old ghost town
Just another lost soul in the wrong part of town
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3. |
Aberdeen
05:25
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Aberdeen
Kurt met Krist
Back in high school
A pair of misfits
Made their own the rules
With a couple guitars
They started a band
Practiced day and night
Travelled the land
Unlike nothing ever heard or seen
In a Washington town called Aberdeen
A brilliant young man
Compelled to create
Wrote many a song
Which folks would relate
Kurt worked real hard
Saved what he could afford
Six hundred dollars
To make their first record
Made their debut on the local scene
Out in Olympia from Aberdeen
Their name was in lights
Upon the marquee sign
Struggle with success
And a troubled mind
They found his body
In the Emerald city
A shotgun by his side
A senseless tragedy
Left behind little Frances Bean
Laid him to rest out in Aberdeen
During my days out west
I planned to Visit his grave
To pay my respect
For the songs he gave
Lent a voice
To equality
I'd confront my own
Mortality
Been to Seattle and points in between
I never made it out to Aberdeen
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4. |
Strangest Days
04:53
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STRANGEST DAYS
HERE WITHIN THIS COLD AND DIRTY CITY
FOUND MYSELF IN HARD UNCERTAINTY
NORTH WIND BLOWS URGENT DISPAIR
DARKENING SKY CHILL IN THE AIR
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN REACHING OUT TO YOU
ISOLATED ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS I'VE EVER KNOWN
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
HAD TO GO BACK WHERE I BEGAN
SEEK WHAT I LEFT LONG AGO BACK WHEN
PART OF A JOURNEY TRIED TO COMPREHEND
LEARN TO LIVE HUMBLE BEGIN TO TRANSCEND
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN REACHING OUT TO YOU
ISOLATED ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS I'VE EVER KNOWN
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
(BRIDGE) F# G D
DISILLUSIONED DESTINY
SAVE MY OWN INTEGRITY
CLEAR CONCIENCE NECCESITY
I WOULD FIND SERENITY, SLEEP RESTFULLY
PICKED UP THE PIECES I'D HEAL IN TIME
ONLY TAKING WHAT WAS STILL MINE
NEW DAY WOULD DAWN EVENTUALLY
BOUND BY MOTION PERPETUALLY
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN REACHING OUT TO YOU
ISOLATED ROOM WITHOUT A VIEW
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS I'VE EVER KNOWN
THESE ARE THE STRANGEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
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5. |
Untitled Epic
09:07
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Untitled Epic
From the time I was born
I couldn't help but roam
Wasn't even hardly two
Crawled away from home
Folks said I was goin nowhere
guess I proved them wrong
Set in motion from the start
bound for glory all along
Was just a young man when I went out west
Paid my dues n toughed it out doubts laid to rest Made my way in search of love and happiness Wound up places I never would've guessed
Worked the road in the Great Northwest
the years rolled on by
Made the rent put some aside
lost time you cannot buy
Isolated from the world outside
Took awhile before I would see
What I thought I wanted
turned disillusioned dream
I had it all I travelled around
Years on end just lonesome bound
Lived in big cities and nowhere towns
Made a few friends as I made my rounds
Was never one to settle in
one place for very long
Intuition dictates when
it's time to move on
Was so tired of feeling like
I should be somewhere else
Gone working all the time
life set aside on a shelf
I'd worn myself out I know
I needed some rest
Had to make a choice
The damage assessed
Couldn't keep on living at that kind of pace
Life goes fast no time to waste
I'd drift on back this way again
return eventually
Recognize and heed the call
of ones destiny
Voice of reason lends itself
to a clear willing head
Guiding light lead me on
uncharted road ahead
Hardest part is that leap of faith
Pieces of the puzzle they'll fall into place
Cards tossed to the wind wherever it blows
Don't know til you try see how it unfolds
All I'd really needed
is here in my own hands
Refused to live life based upon
others cruel demands
I'd get myself back to the start
live here and now today
Seen folks cast their dreams aside
they begin to fade away
Spent half your life in a shadow of doubt
40 years old start to figure it out
6 miles down the road from where I grew up
Staring into a paper coffee cup
I'd learned to be humble
the simple things I'm grateful for
Lately I'm sleeping better
I can't ask for more
Think I'll go down by the water
And embrace this peace of mind
No longer to be troubled
by what I'd left behind
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Jeff Kenny Toronto, Ontario
Independent singer-songwriter and, guitar player. Writing songs the age of 15 and formed 1st band at
16.
2004 Released debut "Promised Land Blues".
The new record is a 5 song EP titled My Part Of Town. Jeff feels this is his best work to date
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