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Townies

from How Good We Had It by Goner

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I was hot on the heels of nothing yesterday, talking to girl, smell of honeysuckle and dirt. I said, “Between Brooklyn and the Peace Corps, I haven’t got a friend left.” I said that every time I see a red Honda, I miss her. And, just like that, the kidding was over, like the flash of a rush hour windshield passing by. Sucking on a candy pacifier, she walked out of the Cobalt, smiling and breaking the heart of the clear blue sky. It’s been a summer full of bad news and tired eyes, big spaces in the hallway where she used to pass. Strand of her hair in my suit coat weeks after the fact, and it’s just too much to ask. But it was good to see you out last night, man. It’s been a while. Back in the neighborhood, scraping up a couple of laughs, toasting the forgotten bands. God bless the barmaid’s hands. We’re townies now, close by and built to last. But now I’ve got to open up the store, Windex around, put the chairs back on the floor. Turn the open sign on. See the regulars mumbling. And now I’ve got to go and let ’em in. And I don’t want to let ’em in. But I guess I got to let ’em in.

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from How Good We Had It, released October 1, 2004

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Goner crafts great songs, combining a poetic eye for detail, a cinematic sense of place and character, and an encyclopedic love of rocks both classic and indie.

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