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This is about what happens when jobs disappear from a city and don't come back.

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Aliceanna St.

See the people in the morning on their way to work
Or maybe just looking for a day's pay
I see 'em leaving in the morning
I see 'em come home at night
Looking like they lost something along the way

I see my man coming home, so down and tired
The bottle's open before I get supper on
But I’m not complaining; it makes him feel better
Aliceanna Street ain't what we counted on

It's not the working hard
It's not the being poor
It's the feeling deep inside us
We could be so much more
It's not the bitter cold
It's not the August heat
It's being stuck without a choice
On Aliceanna Street

Now I work part-time while my kids are at school
There's no one home when they let themselves in
And I tell them they'll have it different
And I tell them they'll have it better
Christ, I tell them anything that I can

The nuns say you gotta suffer to earn your place above
It's a sin to expect any more
Well, I don't believe that and I don't feel guilty
I know this ain’t what living’s for
Sometimes we take the kids on that old ferry boat
And we wave to all the people on the shore
Someday we’ll pack our bags and ride across that water
And we won't come back here anymore

words by Frank Mirenzi and Jim Patton;
music by Frank Mirenzi, Jim Patton, Billy Kemp, and Geoffrey Himes ©1991 Independent Alligator Publishing Co. (ASCAP)

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from Plans Gang Aft Agley, released May 1, 2008

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Austin folk rock songwriters Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus return with their 7th CD on Houston's Berkalin Records. This time they're leaning toward the rock side of their folk-rock equation with a sound more comparable to Tom Petty or the Byrds.

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