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Hometown Refugee
© 2018 Janice and Bud Merritt
Janice: vocals
Peter Fulham: guitar
Bud: RealTracks, RealDrums, arrangment, mix and mastering

you can’t go back girl it’s a dead end
don’t know why the hell I ever tried
maybe I dreamed of the invitation 
or it’s another memory that lied

should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town

my old friends have become strangers
they’ve grown cold, dark, bitter
i see them circling their wagons
trolling me to pull that trigger

should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town

a courthouse clock with the wrong time 
store windows reflect ghosts of past 
parking meters stand like rusty sentinels 
nothing lasts nothing lasts
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should’ve headed on never slowed down
now I’m a refugee in my home town

 ©  2023  Janice & Bud Merritt
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