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Child Of The City

from Wood And Wire by Jim Ballard

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Child Of The City

Cobwebs on my window dust upon my stair
Empty place at the kitchen table empty rockin chair Sometimes i’m sure i’m crazy but i don’t think anyone knows Like a beggar in the rain i got no one to blame
When the river of my troubles overflows
Stay at home telephone make it on your own its all a game But just the same just the same
My mother was born in the mountains My father where the blue grass grows But i’m a child of the city
Where the cold cold wind blows
Now i don’t mind the people but the walls just get in my way
This grey city rain like a curse will remain on my shoulders for all of my days So i’ll be leavin this place in the mornin cold as a river bed
I got fences to mend i got no time to spend
Recallin all the good things you said
Go downtown turn around listen to the sound of your own name
But just the same just the same
My mother was born in the mountains My father where the blue grass grows But i’m a child of the city
Where the cold cold wind blows
Now there’s poets in the cellar and singers out on the street There’s robbers on the rooftops and lovers between the sheets I’ve sailed on bitter oceans and i’ve rode out storms on the sea But i never ever been so lost in my life til my love
Sailed away from me
My mother was born in the mountains
My father where the blue grass grows
But i’m a child of the city
Where the cold cold wind blows...... where the cold wind blows

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from Wood And Wire, released June 1, 2011

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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