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Folk Song 3

from Curtains by Paris Street

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A song about friendship, but also about getting the hell out of Tampa, which I eventually did a year after writing this. Nothing against Tampa, but it was - by far - the best decision I've ever made.

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seeing our friends / through the camera's lens / and the good times that we used to have / our alcohol breath / and the light cigarettes / and the drugs so unselfishly passed / but the parties are done / and the morning has come / and sobriety deals us a blow / the house is a mess / there are beer bottles left / on the carpet that's stained with merlot / the workday begins / we crawl back to routines / of the everyday and the mundane / in seconds we miss / all the fun and blissful / excesses of our holidays / the hours are spent / wondering where they went / we are tired and broke and alone / the friends we embraced / with a warm drunken grace / are just voices from the telephone /

a night at the bar / after a week of catharsis / a pint or three to wash it down / when i'm drinking slow / then the bartender knows / i am dreaming of leaving this town / but the thought of my friends / brings those dreams to an end / they are set aside for another time / some phone calls are made / soon we're all at my place / we are laughing and drinking cheap wine / but as soon as they've left / i start to second-guess / all my choices and what they might mean / do i leave it behind / or just stay here resigned / to a life of content wondering / i think of this land / with a wide-eyed romantic's / sense of all i can possible have / do i go out and see / where this life might take me / or just shrug it off with a nervous laugh /

the night is just made up / of stars unaware of / the power that they can convey / the meanings derived / the effects on the lives / of so many so far away / but they do me no use / when it comes time to choose / whether to go or stay as before / it won't get any better / i know it's now or never / there's no reason to wait anymore / the charm of the road / and the countless ways to go / the possibilities once on the way / there are stories all around / there are lovers to be found / and mistakes that just need to be made / there's no more need for thinking / i'll pack up my things / sing a long hug goodbye to my friends / then get in my car / drive while counting the stars / i'll be smiling and dreaming again

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from Curtains, released March 5, 2013
Written by Carl Polgar.
Performed by Carl Polgar with an acoustic electric guitar and a keyboard.
Recorded at some point in 2003 at a duplex in the Seminole Heights neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.

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