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Thornton Ave
(Jim Patton)

I took a walk down Venice Beach
Through our old neighborhood
I wondered if you live there still
Or if you’ve vanished now, for good
You blazed a trail I followed once
When I was just a youth
When you lived down
On Thornton Ave

I’d hitchhiked from Seattle
Just ‘cause I was on the coast
Isadora’s Towers
Are what I remember most
Sun going down into the waves
From a penthouse view
When you lived down
On Thornton Ave

Endless conversation
Ideas burned so bright
Anything was possible
If you learned to do it right
You sold a painting to Beau Bridges
Your dreams were coming true
When you lived down
On Thornton Ave

Life was still a carnival
You liked the scary rides
Even in a hurricane
You liked to stand outside
You swore allegiance to a way of life
In search of truth
When you lived down
On Thornton Ave

The last time that I saw you
There was madness in your eyes
The last time that I saw you
You wouldn’t say goodbye
You’d had too much to drink
You couldn’t see my point of view
So I moved out
Of Thornton Ave

Endless conversation
Ideas burned so bright
Anything was possible
If you stepped into the light
You almost made it to the sun
Look how close you flew!
When you lived down
On Thornton Ave

© words and music by Jim Patton (Independent Alligator Publishing Co) (ASCAP)

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from Ray of Hope, released March 1, 2010

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Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus Austin, Texas

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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