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Don't Take No

from Speed Demons by Jim Ballard

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Don’t Take No

In a factory town Weekend nights
The feel of somethin goin down
Rusty car doors slam Headlights on asphalt shinin Radios jam
Lookin for the light lookin for the why Feelin like a punchline to a lie That’s been whispered for too long
You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer
All down the neighborhood Writins on the wall Frustration’s understood
Below a smokestack sky The sound of voices risin Sleepin dogs don’t lie
Somethin in your heart pushin through your veins Makes you make a start makes you throw the chains That have kept your dreams their prisoner
You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer That ain’t no answer
Under your feet in these abandoned streets
These empty shells..... their silent bells....follow you down...
Tell me who are these ones
Who bled you white
Who now are safe in the sun
Who bought your father’s pain
His father’s toil and left you the rust and the rain
These streets can fight back from the grave Finished? Oh not quite...too much to save Before you give up the ghost and say No
You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer You don’t take no you don’t take no for an answer

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from Speed Demons, released May 19, 2020

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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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