Someone In This Town
Echoes of a Town's Past: Love, Loss, and Life's Spinning Melody
Lyrics
I stayed home when all my friends began to roam
I chose to stay home while my friends went out.
You could say that I'm someone in this town
I consider myself significant in this town.
I married well, they rang the wedding bells
I married well, and there was a celebration.
And I took off Mary's wedding gown
I removed Mary's wedding gown, indicating a change in the relationship.
You went away after the senior high school play
You left after a high school play with someone new.
With a boy who'd hardly even been around
You were with a boy unfamiliar to many.
You were a will-o-the-wisp, you gave us all the slip
You were elusive, escaping everyone's notice.
Even your momma said you disappeared without a sound
Even your mother acknowledged your sudden disappearance.
The world it spins around and back again
The world has its cycles, and things come full circle.
I keep it quiet but I think of you back then
I keep my thoughts about you from the past to myself.
When the skies were so blue And everything was true
Recalling a time when everything was pure and loving you wasn't frowned upon.
And loving you was not a sin
Loving you was not considered a sin.
Mary and our daughter we went down to the quarter
With Mary and our daughter, we encountered you in the neighborhood.
Turned a corner and there you stood
Turning a corner, there you were.
I felt Mary's tug, but even so we hugged
I felt a conflict between Mary and my lingering feelings for you.
And my memories came back in a flood
Memories of our past rushed back.
Now every day I see you footloose and fancy-free
Now I see you living freely every day.
And I feel my soul turn around
I sense a change in my soul.
What is it in a man that he can't follow his own plan
Questioning why a man deviates from his plans and causes his own downfall.
That he'll blindly run his own ship aground
Reflecting on the consequences of blindly steering one's life off course.
The world it spins around and back again
The world has its cycles, and things come full circle.
I keep it quiet but I think of you back then
I keep my thoughts about you from the past to myself.
When the skies were so blue And everything was true
Recalling a time when everything was pure and loving you wasn't frowned upon.
And loving you was not a sin
Loving you was not considered a sin.
You don't have to know where this old story goes
The story's outcome doesn't need to be known.
Cause things that go down just go down
Accepting the inevitability of things going downhill.
A hurricane in a pail, a train off the rails
Using metaphors like a hurricane and a derailing train to describe life's challenges.
Well, you could say I'm someone in this town
Reiterating the significance of being someone in this town.
The world it spins around and back again
The world has its cycles, and things come full circle.
I keep it quiet but I think of you back then
I keep my thoughts about you from the past to myself.
When the skies were so blue And everything was true
Recalling a time when everything was pure and loving you wasn't frowned upon.
And loving you was not a sin
Loving you was not considered a sin.
When the skies were so blue And everything was true
Recalling a time when everything was pure and loving you wasn't frowned upon.
And loving you was not a sin
Loving you was not considered a sin.
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