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Model Railroad Town
02:19
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Model Railroad Town
A.Brown 2014
Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town?
Waving at the train as it circles around
Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock
And the only thing that’s moving is the train
Somebody brought it home from the church rummage sale
Took it down the basement connected all the rails
Painted white clouds on a bright blue sky
And the sun shines like a 60 watt light
From the old stone church to the library
From the lumberyard to the candy store
The world is as big as the ping-pong table
And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door
From the old stone church to the library
From the lumberyard to the candy store
The world is as big as the ping-pong table
And the train only ever takes me back to my own front door
Don’t you want to live in a model railroad town?
Waving at the train as it circles around
Time has stopped on the hands of the station clock
And the only thing that’s moving is the train
The only thing that’s moving is the train
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Invisible Line
03:50
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Invisible Line – A.Brown 2015
It’s eleven am and there’s a thick haze rising off the piles of petroleum coke
On the east side of town there’s a big black cloud
Something’s going up in smoke
And there’s always something burning on the other side
There’s always something burning on the other side
In the shadow of the distant city for miles around you can see
Dissolved dreams of five dollar days; the arsenal of democracy
Three big bullets pointed right up at the sky
Three big bullets pointed right up at the sky
There’s an invisible line
Between your heart and mine
I would cross that bridge of stars
Just to get to where you are
Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
I stare out at the water and I hope you’re not offended
I’ve been wishing that your border was a little less defended
Every time I see you we have so much to say
Love is so close but its so far away
The red light flashes off and on a pulse with a steady beat
There’s that rumbling sound that could knock it all down
Like a plywood movie scene
The sun starts to sink and everything turns pink
The sky and the city meet
I can see right through the empty office towers I wonder if they see through me
I wonder if they can see right through me?
There’s an invisible line
Between your heart and mine
And I would cross that bridge of stars
Just to get to where you are
Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
Is there any love left in the city with the hollow heart?
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All Our Emergencies
04:46
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All Our Emergencies ~
A. Brown / W. Gillespie 2013
This is where they send you when you get in trouble
That’s the door you walk through when no one will take you in
This is where they save the godless daughters of the devil
This is where they take them when they start to show their sin
This is where they send you when they scrape you off the sidewalk
This is where they pull the shards of glass out of your eye
That’s the door you walk out when they put you back together
This is where they hold your hand and say you’ll be alright
If you’ll be alright
Bad luck and bad decisions
Stitches and incisions
All our disease
All our emergencies
We just threw them at her feet
Now she looks so lonesome as she’s crumbling abandoned
The doors are locked the fence is high the weeds are growing tall
Walking by you look up and you can’t help but imagine
Behind which of these boarded windows your first breath was drawn
Bad luck and bad decisions
Stitches and incisions
All our disease
All our emergencies
We just threw them at her feet
How many nameless voices are still quiet waiting patient
How many ghosts still linger waiting for a resting place
What will we find when they tear it down to the foundation
There are some wounds that never heal and scars you can’t erase
Bad luck and bad decisions
Stitches and incisions
All our disease
All our emergencies
We just threw them at her feet
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4. |
Your Enemy
05:11
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Your Enemy ~
A. Brown ~ 2013
Sometimes I wonder what you might be up to right now
You’re probably leaping tall buildings in a single bound
Not like me laying around on the couch – again
While you’re flying high above the clouds
And I’m still on the ground
I can’t get out of this little square I’ve been drawn inside
And none of my evil schemes ever work out right
So I’ll get back to work on plotting your demise – again
And act so surprised when the good guys always win
No matter what the premise is
Everybody needs a nemesis
Somebody who just never quits
Trying to take you down
What if I don’t want to be your enemy
What if I don’t want to be your enemy anymore..?
Faster than bullet speed you must miss a lot
I’m short on superpowers but I still haven’t got caught
Don’t need no secret identity, don’t have a day job
I feel like giving up but I just can’t stop
I’m not saying that we could be friends
If we quit fighting then the story ends
Guess I’ll always be around the bend
Trying to take you down
What if I don’t want to be your enemy
What if I don’t want to be your enemy anymore?
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5. |
Scavengers
03:21
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Scavengers – A.Brown 2015
Pick it up pick it up pick it up and take it away
Nobody will miss it in the light of day
Under streetlights everything shines
Everything looks like gold
Picking at the bones of a long gone industry
Miles of copper wire missing its electricity
Behind crumbling walls ready to fall
There’s treasure to be sold
We are the scavengers
We’re only doing what works
We’re not all freaks, we’re not all jerks
We are the scavengers
And we’re just trying to get by
It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind
Pretty girls never fall in love with the junkman
Coming home in the morning with the cuts on their dirty hands
Everybody’s got their sharp edges
Everybody’s heart is plated in steel
Take a blowtorch to it see what it can reveal
We are the scavengers
We’re only doing what works
It might look bad but it could get worse
We are the scavengers
And we’re just trying to get by
It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind
Everybody’s got a little iron running through their veins
We all need to hustle to be worth our weight
Everything is precious if you’re looking hard enough
Throw it in the truck before it starts to rust
Throw it in the truck before it starts to rust
Everything is precious
Everything is precious
It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind
It ain’t stealing if it gets left behind
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Allison Brown Windsor, Ontario
ALLISON BROWN loves to sing a great song. She brings her distinctly tuneful, powerful voice to her endless collection of hand-picked roots music repertoire alongside crafted original songs. She provides the framework for her songs with steady, delicate guitar in her signature rhythmic finger-style. She brings her truest personality to the stage in a refreshing conversation with the audience. ... more
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