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Tecopa California

from The Day After The Night Before by Terri Binion

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Tecopa, California tHawleyBinion music BMI © 2015

Tell me how does a boy, living in Tecopa

Not die of exposure before he’s even reached the legal age to drive

And who do you know that can get you out of town son

Well I found you standing in the middle of the road

Hoping I would stop and ask

Stop and Ask

Is that wheel chair there the only thing you’ve got round here to entertain you

In this god forsaken desert where’s there’s seemingly no one else around for

miles

And what do you do the day through to keep your mind from abandoning you

I can see you’re very fond of spinning circles round in that chair

That dusty old wheel chair

On that Wednesday that I saw you I couldn’t figure why you weren’t in school

It was just another Wednesday, pressing hard down on that old Spanish trail

Here and Shoshoni, the only gas between Death Valley and Las Vegas

And I’m sure they’ll come a time soon here in your life

When you face out and start your walking

Your walking

Where will you go the day your wings come in

Will you fly or flail around Tecopa for a while

Boy have you ever been kissed, ever had an urge beyond the torture

That is the glow from that city of fools spilling into your nights

Here in Tecopa

How will you rise from here with nary a means to take you

Pray you get washed out, drowned out come a sorely needed rain

12 years old and the burden of your being dying a slow burn

And I bet if you could you’d put a motor on that thing you’re riding now

That dusty old wheel chair

Hey little kid I’m sorry

Hey little kid I’m sorry I never stopped to ask

How do you cope How do you cope

When you’re living, slowly dying

Here in Tecopa California

Tecopa California

How do you cope, How do you cope

When you’re living ever burning

Here in Tecopa California

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from The Day After The Night Before, released March 25, 2016

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