Starting Over

from A Guide to Dancing Alone by Barrel Flash

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Pack up what you got, you’re moving ‘cross the country
Looking for a home and a point of view on God
Roll the windows down, but wait to look behind you
Wait ‘til the sun hits the skyway

Every city sounds the same
The day you arrive and the day you leave
Even when you’re far away
You’ll carry the gifts that you’ve received

Can’t help slowing down, construction ‘round Chicago
Go twenty-five for miles, stuck behind a cattle trailer
It’s kinda nice to see the city and the country
Not a bad way to spend Sunday

Open road goes rushing by
You sing along to the highway roar
Take a moment with this skyline
Echoes of where you’ve been before

Night is black as coal, you’re somewhere in Ohio
Took a turn off course, now the radio’s gone quiet
She says, “It’s just our luck to get stuck in Amish country”
Might as well wait ‘til the morning

From a farm a distant song
You sit on the hood, feel the engine heat
These folks found where they belong
And, sooner or later, so will we

Noon is hot and long on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
End is comin’ near and you think you might regret it
Then she takes your hand, and a cooler wind starts blowing
Home is a thing that can travel

Starting over’s not for cowards
Haul your roots to a ground that’s new
Watch the sky break into showers
Just as the city comes in view

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from A Guide to Dancing Alone, released November 4, 2022
by Julia Brown

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Barrel Flash is a Minneapolis/St. Paul-based trio coming out of the folk traditions of the US, UK, and Ireland. Our goal is to combine our many distinct influences into an honest and vibrant sound of our own.

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