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Hermit Crab
03:24
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A hermit crab that you pass by
That you don't pay no mind
Another sea town you stopped in
The coming of the night
I'm remembering the time when
You sent it out all the way but you made it safe and sound
There's not an island you couldn't touch
Where you could use some of your Dutch
A million people on your side
Watching as you go
A little here a little there
I'm busy as you know
I'm wondering how it is the decision that I make that keeps me on the line
Between the box and my fantasy
and how I got in the way of me
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Railroad Rat
04:18
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The peninsula of Florida you have left behind
For the smokey rooms of New Orleans where you now reside
Wearing long sleeves to hide the ink on your wrists
To be another person is just another thing on the list
Laying by the river I can hear her say
That you'll never be home again
and the people around you laugh
As the sun goes down the bend
If my eyes fell down to the floor, would you think that it's strange?
Or would you just think that I was up to one of my games
Would you kneel down beside me and help me while I'm on the ground?
Cuz I'm saying it nicely now, there's something here ought to be found
Took the last train and never looked back
and you sleep the whole way through
and the people around you laugh
Cuz they don't have a clue
You're a railroad rat, you were born to be alone
Takes a lifetime to wait out the storm.
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The Drive
04:06
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You took us home
and you went the long way
and you put both hands on the wheel
You sang a song
That I could not place
So I threw back me seat to fall away
There was a time
That I had my way
But that's gone away now, day by day
I'll get along with everyone
and I'll stay as long as they'll allow
I don't miss anything
I don't play back the tapes
My friends are gone new ones take their place
I burned down my city
and I changed my name
and I cover my footsteps on the way
I'll get along with everyone
and I'll stay as long as they'll allow
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Bim Tyler Los Angeles, California
Songwriter from New England
Booking/Contact postman4tg@gmail.com
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Newest album and worth 100s of listens, still enjoying all the moments in this one. Mystics and Musicians abound!
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