A story song complete with insightful observations and stuff..
Words and music - Jim Walsh; drums and vocals - Jim Walsh; guitars - Tom Doherty; bass - Jeff Burch; piano - Jim Fogarty; recorded/mixed/mastered by Jim Fogarty at Zing Studio, Westfield MA
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A relationship examined, conclusions drawn, etc..
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Hunter
Words and music copyright 2002 Jim Walsh
Chorus:
Ten years passed in an instant
Now I find myself back here
My only friends these concrete walls
and a warm imported beer
They say to leave the past behind
and live life for today
But the past's a skillfull hunter
It's gonna find you anyway
She could have been an model
She could have been a queen
She could have been an actress,
A star of stage and screen
But she did just like her momma did
Cause that's all that she had seen
She married Johnny Taylor
At the age of seventeen
Well Johnny liked his whiskey
And his anger knew no bounds
He learned that he could knock her down
In less than two full rounds
She kept the beatings to herself
She swore she'd tell no one
She did just like her momma did
Cause that's the way that things are done
Repeat Chorus
The years she spent with Johnny
I had troubles of my own
I bounced around from life to life
Trying to find myself a home
Ideals are great to formulate
If they help you set your goals
But if you wait too long for perfect
You're going to find yourself alone
I met her in a record store
She was buying Taj Majal
I knew before I knew her name
I was really going to fall
Before six months had ended
We shared the same address
Before another four had passed
We were buried by the mess
The beatings Johnny gave her
Left her scars she couldn't hide
You couldn't see them on her tender skin
You couldn't miss them just inside
And me I started running
Though I couldn't bear to go
Until the burdens of our yesterdays
Left us with no tomorrows
Repeat Chorus and out
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