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High and Dry

from South Side Days by Jim Ballard

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High And Dry

I walked to my window on a mid december day
Had to get my nerve up just to wipe the mist away Looked out over rooftops and chimneys blowin smoke Kinda smiled when it made me think of some old worn out joke
Nobody out walkin the streets look pretty bad
This town seems like its wishin for the warmth it never had Snow is blowin from the roofs the trees are bendin o’er Haven’t had the sun ‘round here a couple a months or more
Mama caught ya lyin daddy left you cryin Baby left ya high n dry
Wall paper’s peelin and the floor needs cleaned again Coffee pot’s boilin over i burned my hand again Curtain slightly movin from the draft in this here room Guess i’ll get around to fixin that someday pretty soon
Mama caught ya lyin daddy left you cryin Baby left ya high n dry
Lookin at too many old photographs today Gonna go and throw that damned old book away Seems to me i remember sayin that before Just don’t recall the reasons anymore
Window’s steamin’ up again cat’s out by the door Clock is tellin me this ain’t my town anymore
I think of a few words quickly spell them out Write upon the window pane_what’s this all about?
Mama caught ya lyin daddy left you cryin Baby left ya high n dry

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from South Side Days, released September 1, 1976

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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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