Nashville

from The Country Hero by Justin Fallen

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She rolled a joint on her poetry journal
She was a high school student reading
Ginsberg and Borroughs
when the Rolling Stones
were beginning to drop acid

She took some notes
and a couple of tokes
she went down to the bus
to find out where it goes
And she rode that dog all the way
To the city of Nashville

Tennessee
could not hold my mother down
She was the river
Flowing free from mountain streams

Seventeen
she had nothing but a couple of reasons
not to stick around

restless happens
When there’s nothing holding you down

She met my dad in an empty bar
he was playing on a stage
with a stolen guitar
she said hey how you doin’
do you know the times they are a changin?

He took her to his home at the Holiday Inn
split town the next day for the city of sin
left a note said I’ll look you up
the next time I am in Nashville

Tennessee
could not hold my father down
he was the river
flowing free from mountain streams

living the dream
he had nothing but a couple of reasons
not to stick around

restless happens
When there’s nothing holding you down

So now you know why I am leaving
a couple of reasons I’m moving on
I’ve got my mothers eyes
and my father’s way of taking the high road
stop crying babe

I’ll try to look you up the next time
I am in Nasvhille

I’ll hit you up baby
the next time I am in Nasvhille

Tennessee
could not hold my body down
I am the river
flowing free from mountain streams

living the dream
I’ve got nothing but a couple of reasons
not to stick around

restless happens
When there’s nothing holding you down

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from The Country Hero, released June 4, 2013
Featuring:

Justin Fallen

Alan Schaeffer (lead guitar)

Phil Ajjarapu (bass guitar)

Bryan Mammel (piano)

Matt Simon (drums)

Joe Woullard (baritone sax)

Jason Frey (tenor sax)

Derek Phelps (trumpet)

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Justin Fallen Austin, Texas

mystic country
rock and roll poet

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