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Back at week 10, I reflected on some of the lessons I've learned about songwriting through this project. One of them is that my songwriting is a rhythmic process. There are prolific seasons and there are dry spells. I'm in a bit of a dry spell these last couple weeks, so I seem to be revisiting songs written in the Springs of years past. This one must be about a year old now. The storyline is mostly fiction, but on the late evening/early morning when I wrote it, due to an abundance of dirty dishes, I was in fact drinking red wine out of a pint glass. But that doesn't mean it was half-full. I can neither confirm, nor deny ?. Anyway, sometimes I have a soft spot for a song that I can't really explain or justify. This song is one such example.
The video is of an abandoned filling station on the highway a few miles out of town. It was refreshing to stand outside in the sun without a coat. Warmer weather is on its way.
One Town Over
Pint glass half full of red wine between Saturday morning and Friday night what else could you do? When the things that roll off of your friends seem to stick to you Something's wrong with your mind today-- everybody looks like someone from some other place and you think that you know em but you know that's not the case and there's a girl lives one town over who makes you blue she works in a store that you used to go to but you don't anymore it just seems to hurt you too much Button your shirt and lace your shoes gasoline and coffee, hit the road let's go and you smile at the cashier because she seems to know and drive to one town over under skies of blue you go to a store but nobody knows you she's not here anymore, manager asking what he can do there's a bell in the door it rings as it opens and closes and opens and closes again
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