Birmingham

from The Opening Act by Ryan Sobb

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seems to me
the sun rises and sets
no matter what i give
and no matter what i get
and the thunders out gunned us
with six or so trumpets
hell, john wayne rode off and they rolled in them credits

like a crook from college hills
that storm stumbled in
didn't matter who you were
didn't matter what'd you'd been
like dorthy's kansas
the now meets the past
won't leave you with no prayer, at least, none that'll last

i forgave what i could
the hell you say, i'll keep what i can't
heard that old song bleeding through the stereo
don't let my mother know
i'm just another victim of circumstance twenty miles past nowhere outside of birmingham

now wasted potential's blasting through buster tweeters
stunk like so co and so-cal and something beneath us
if god can stop the weather and the ringing in my ears
maybe these skies are tinted, he can't see me down here
oh, I'm somewhere dark, I'm somewhere damp
here those brake pads screeching, like southern rock vamps
i thought about the sky so far from the ground
saw them stars turn to glass, tried my best to pull them down

i forgave what i could
the hell you say, i'll keep what i can't
heard that old song playing on the radio
god knows i know
i'm just another victim of circumstance twenty miles past nowhere outside of birmingham

i was humming softly
a fragile ode to times had
in a candy apple beater
with out of state tags
the way their eyes shifted
thought maybe i'd hit salem
another yankee gone rouge
from the land of lincoln

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from The Opening Act, released June 16, 2017

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