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Redbird Green

from Redbird Green by Magnolia Mountain

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lyrics

REDBIRD GREEN
(Mark Utley - Sleep Cat Music, BMI)

We were born into a losin' hand
In a rust belt town
There was high school, then the factory
Then into the ground

My old man got me the factory job
The year I turned 19
Me and Polly bought her parents’ house
Out by Redbird Green
And we started up a family
Back before the layoffs came
Now the factory is full of weeds
And a padlock on a chain
So I do a little tendin’ bar
Some construction here and there
But there ain’t much goin’ up right now
Jjust the price of everything
And there ain’t no way to sell the house
And we can’t afford to leave
So me and Polly just keep hangin’ on
A nd we try to still believe

Now I wake up in a darkened house
In the middle of the night
Polly’s sitting by the window
And I ask if she’s alright
But she’s just a silent silhouette
Through the curtains in the breeze
And she holds our baby to her breast
And I don’t know what she sees
And I remember when we fell in love
We were seventeen
Used to sneak out every night to meet
Down at Redbird Green
She would kiss me underneath the stars
Over by the playground swings
And I held her tight against me
And I promised everything

And these houses all had families
And I knew them all my life
Now they’re boarded up and empty
And our children play inside
And it’s hard to see my wife and kids
Hard to look in Polly’s eyes
When all that I can think to say to her
Is “Darlin’, I apologize”
But I don’t know what I’m sorry for
Am I sorry I believed?
Am I sorry that I told them
We could dream of better things?
All I know is that I love them
And I’ve never been this tired
And I know no man should feel this way
When he’s looking at his child

credits

from Redbird Green, released June 19, 2010
Mark Utley - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jordan Neff - electric guitar, harmonica,
harmony vocals, piano
Bob Donisi - electric bass
Matt Frazer - drums

Produced by John Curley at Ultrasuede Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Cincinnati-based singer/songwriter Mark Utley is the driving force behind the acclaimed roots-rock/Americana band Magnolia Mountain, the honky-tonk Country outfit Bulletville, and the two "Music for the Mountains" fundraising concerts and compilation albums. ... more

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