Sassafrass

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Lyrics

i've lived here all my life but it seems longer
this town's so small a man can't lie down flat
i tried to stretch my legs when i was younger
but there weren't no get'n away and that was that

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oh they've got
trains on the tressel
ships on the river
trucks on the overpass
ain't no station
ain't no pier
ain't no ramps up out of here
you're stuck for good once you set foot in sassafrass

they fenced stearns quarry off with razor wire
throop bridge went out and won't be coming back
each street's a string of dead ends since the fire
even the smoke don't get much further than the stack

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world-famous once upon a time for making something
it's been so long no one remembers how or why
the stores are shuttered and the factories are crumbling
got empty pockets and houses and prayers to an empty sky

the south fork of the river used to wander
now it's a swamp too sick to ebb or flow
they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder
i'll have to take their word for that 'cause i'll never know

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