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Week 45c - Angels On Broadway (201103)

from Song A Week, Volume 5 by James Tristan Redding

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Co-written with Sarah Harralson.

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Wooden stools flipped over on the tables
Ain't no shadows on the ground
Quarter mile of neon by the river
Somehow it's the heartbeat of this town

8 x 10s fill these walls with mystery
Autographed by tip jar bands and stars
I hear Dixieland Delight like it was yesterday
Standing here outside an empty bar

The voices that I love they never left me
No they ring out after all the doors are closed
You can't hardly see 'em 'til after closing time
But there's angels on broadway tonight

They've walked up and down these streets for decades
Some chased a dream that took a higher stage
However long they played here two months or twenty years
Either way their spirit still remains

The voices that I love they never left me
No they ring out after all the doors are closed
You can't hardly see 'em 'til after closing time
But there's angels on broadway tonight

It's a different kind of country I'm seeing these days
But we won't forget the ones who built this place

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from Song A Week, Volume 5, released February 12, 2021

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
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