A Place To Fall
from Lines and Wires by The Gaslights
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Written by Abigail Henderson
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Lyrics:
Miles of corn and farm machines
You got your pulp paper magazines
Thing about them small town dreams
They can kill you
Mama tried to raise you right
Into a good south Missouri wife
With the bricks of God
and sacrifice that built you
She bought a one way ticket on a one way track
She ain't coming back, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
Sick of waiting on her heart's desire
The little girl's just full of fire, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
No one seemed to understand it
You had a different plan
Even that ring on your left hand
Wouldn't break it
You packed your bag
you said good bye
you didn't leave a reason why
Cause a chance don't come back twice unless you take it
Your daddy worked his hands
Until they cracked, until they bled
He was the wisest man you'd ever found
And on the day you left
When your mama hung her head
He said, "She'll get there, she'll just take the long way round"
For twenty years you built a life
Beneath those New York City lights
With the blood and gut and sacrifice that made you
You fell in love, you had a child
She grew up tall, she grew up wild
How could that devil in her smile amaze you
When she buys a one way ticket on a one way track
She ain't coming back, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
Sick of waiting on her heart's desire
Your little girl's just full of fire, that's all ...
Miles of corn and farm machines
You got your pulp paper magazines
Thing about them small town dreams
They can kill you
Mama tried to raise you right
Into a good south Missouri wife
With the bricks of God
and sacrifice that built you
She bought a one way ticket on a one way track
She ain't coming back, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
Sick of waiting on her heart's desire
The little girl's just full of fire, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
No one seemed to understand it
You had a different plan
Even that ring on your left hand
Wouldn't break it
You packed your bag
you said good bye
you didn't leave a reason why
Cause a chance don't come back twice unless you take it
Your daddy worked his hands
Until they cracked, until they bled
He was the wisest man you'd ever found
And on the day you left
When your mama hung her head
He said, "She'll get there, she'll just take the long way round"
For twenty years you built a life
Beneath those New York City lights
With the blood and gut and sacrifice that made you
You fell in love, you had a child
She grew up tall, she grew up wild
How could that devil in her smile amaze you
When she buys a one way ticket on a one way track
She ain't coming back, that's all
She went looking for a place to fall
Sick of waiting on her heart's desire
Your little girl's just full of fire, that's all ...
credits
from Lines and Wires,
track released May 1, 2005
Abigail Henderson: vocals, guitar
Chris Meck: guitar
Johnny Eggerman: bass
Glen Hockemeier: drums
Darrell Logue: pedal steel
Created over the spring/summer 2005 in Kansas City, MO. Engineereed by Chad Meise, Justin Petosa, and Chris Meck at AudioHut Studio A, KCMO. Mixed by The Dimmer Twins (Justin Petosa and Chris Meck) at West End Recording Studio B, Kansas City, KS. Produced by The Dimmer Twins. Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL. No animals, Protools, or Autotunes were harmed in the making of these recordings.
Copyright © 2005 Flyover Records, ASCAP.
Abigail Henderson: vocals, guitar
Chris Meck: guitar
Johnny Eggerman: bass
Glen Hockemeier: drums
Darrell Logue: pedal steel
Created over the spring/summer 2005 in Kansas City, MO. Engineereed by Chad Meise, Justin Petosa, and Chris Meck at AudioHut Studio A, KCMO. Mixed by The Dimmer Twins (Justin Petosa and Chris Meck) at West End Recording Studio B, Kansas City, KS. Produced by The Dimmer Twins. Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL. No animals, Protools, or Autotunes were harmed in the making of these recordings.
Copyright © 2005 Flyover Records, ASCAP.
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