Ain’t On The Map

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 * co-written with Trevor Silva * 

Take a left on Cherry Lane
Neighborhood doesn’t look the same
See that white picket fence
Where I played with Jack my oldest friend

He don’t live there anymore
Since the factory closed its doors
Let me show you how it used to be
On that little dead end street

That’s where Johnny broke his arm, where I learned to drive a car
Choked on a cigarette had a 4th grade broken heart
Love to show you ‘round but there’s no going back
Because the town where I grew up ain’t on the map

About a quarter mile of broken dreams
Just a stretch of old Route 33
There used to be a diner open late
Silenced by the interstate

Let me show you how it used to be
On that little dead end street

That’s where Johnny broke his arm, where I learned to drive a car
Choked on a cigarette had a 4th grade broken heart
Love to show you ‘round but there’s no going back
Because the town where I grew up ain’t on the map

All the pictures I remember
Only shadows of the past
Wish I could see them clearer
They seemed to disappear so fast

 - July 2019 -                                                                                                                       #286