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The Alley Party

from Curtains by Paris Street

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Two friends looking out the window of a dive bar in downtown Salt Lake City after a very long day of driving.

This track was supposed to be part of an EP that was based on a vacation I took in March of 2008. "In The Air" - found elsewhere in this collection - was supposed to be the first song. Another song - "XV" - was part of the EP and can now be found on the "Homeless Songs" album. Two other songs were written for this EP but have yet to be recorded.

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i'll bet this town is full of rebellion
the signs are everywhere, i'm telling ya
these kids must savor any chance to get rowdy
i should have taken you to the alley party
i should have taken you to the alley party
i'm sorry, dear

so we kill the time at this downtown dive bar instead
the only one where membership is not needed
with the same beer that we could be drinking if we had not left

in a darkened corner next to the pinball machine
behind the jukebox where some drunken guy is stumbling
to round up change in order to play some Otis Redding

i should have taken you to the alley party
i should have taken you to the alley party
i should have taken you to the alley party
i'm sorry, dear

i wish i wasn't tired but what can i say?
you know that it's been one hell of a stressful day
and you know tomorrow that an even longer drive awaits

so we kill time with more beer and some crude drawings
in a darkened corner next to the pinball machine
and i can tell from your eyes that this is not where you want to be

i should have taken you to the alley party
i should have taken you to the alley party
i should have taken you to the alley party
i'm sorry, dear

credits

from Curtains, released March 5, 2013
Written by Carl Polgar.
Performed by Carl Polgar with an acoustic guitar, a keyboard, and a melodica.
Guitar and vocals were recorded in May of 2008 at my friend Casey's apartment in Honolulu, Hawaii. Keyboard and melodica were recorded a month later at a duplex in the Sylvan Park neighborhood of Nashville.
The picture that accompanies this track was taken in Salt Lake City in March of 2008.

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