Well, Well, Well. My first song of 2017. This one started out one way, took a right turn down a rabbit hole, coming out the other side with a whole different theme...I thought I wanted to write about one thing but the song didn't want to go there and I ended up with an ode to my tiny hometown in Kentucky. The vocal isn't what I'd like it to be as I've been getting over a cold and the voice is uncontrollable. For those of you who remember the Green Acres TV show back in the 60s I sound like Mr. Haney going through puberty. Still up to some lyrical changes in places but the rhythm section is done.

I Need A Town Like You
© 2017 Steven M. Biederman

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There's a little house back near a cul-de-sac
Where I'd wait for the bus when the morning was still black
Well it's been a long while since I've been back
But it's something I gotta do
There's a river that cuts through a flood plain there
Every 50 years it rises and the people get scared
All the steel went to Asia and the jobs got scarce
The blast furnace powered down too

[Pre-Chorus]
When I went off to college I didn't look back
If I did it would be too soon
Well the piper played
And I didn't dance to that tune

[Chorus]
Its 40 years later and there's still no jobs
And I wonder what those people do
I didn't want to end up like Randy and Bob
Didn't need a tiny town like you

I had a lot big plans to make money by the sack
And I bragged a lot about them, and you never turned your back
You were always still there when I got off track
I guess I spoke too soon
When I scoffed at your people of faith, I sealed my fate
Dad always sent me money, I was always on the take
Though I never thought of him as a mental heavyweight
But I guess I was wrong there too

[Pre-Chorus]
When I went off to college I didn't look back
If I did it would be too soon
Well the piper played
And I didn't dance to that tune

[Chorus]
Its been over 20 years since I saw Dad last
I lived too far away and he died too fast
And I can't do a thing to get my childhood back
Didn't need a tiny town like you

[Bridge]
Now our kids are grown and we're on our own
I did the best I could do
Now of all of their pleasures and all of their treasures
They want to go back to you

[Chorus]
Its been over 20 years since I saw you last
This time I'm not passing through
Wish that I could take back what I said in the past
I need a tiny town like you

[Repeat Chorus]

[Tag]
I need a tiny town like you
I need a tiny town like you

I'm the only person here who is not unique.