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Drove Past Dawn

from Hello Goodbye Town (2012) by Dan Frechette

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Drove Past Dawn

It was 49th year passing through this old town line
and gin was all he'd take to ease his mind
the children gone away and the wife was led astray
and he drove past dawn and silently he'd pray.

She was a rose clad sweetheart in the spring of 73
and together they had babies one, two, three
and soon the market crashed and he tried to gamble the money back
and there was no way to change that day gone black
and there was no way to change that day gone black

and as those children grew inside somehow they knew
their folks just weren't cut out for eternity
so they made their sadness known by acting out and tempers blown
and everyday was anger, fire, and stone
and everyday was anger, fire, and stone

and when the children left before they were out of school
she'd felt restless in the wake of life so cruel
she'd met a man in town when he was coming around
he somehow knew that he was heartache bound.

when the message finally came a letter bore his name
and her possessions were nowhere to be found
he knew she's jumped the train he'd never hear from her again
and there was no soul around to speak his name
and there was no soul around to speak his name

It was 49th year passing through this old town line
and gin was all he'd take to ease his mind
the children gone away and the wife was led astray
and he drove past dawn and silently he'd pray.

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from Hello Goodbye Town (2012), released February 24, 2012

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