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In A Small Town

by Corrie Lynn Green

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This song was written about a rumor spread about me in High School

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My ears started I could hear that sound
Of the girls in the hall turned the story around
Their mouths would make a clackity clack
They talk so much that your ears would rack
Most of it based on jealousy
but the reputation got stuck with me
bout a boy in the school who was mean and bright
played football there on a Saturday night
They all said I had slept with him
I was slapped in the face by his new girlfriend

Chorus: Caught up in that lie
Nobody asked me why
In a small town
They bury you before you die

I was really poor but I tried to meld
On an old thrift store on a dirty shelf
Giant sweaters and used guess jeans
Swatch watch named brand esprit
but my friends outmatched my every move
joined the squad while the bleachers booed
I was left behind with out a car
had to get a job to support the farm
while others played sports and skied
My mom had not one job but three
spent three hundred on an old chevette
and it backfired in the parking deck

Got my act together but it took awhile
got a corporate job but it stole my smile
I would work myself so close to death
cause to not have money was the ultimate stress
I'd work today and all through the week
Till my arms are sore and my body sleek
and then one day I ran into the man
you know the one in high school that I didnt bang
he had married the girl who had slapped my face
they had kids and lived in a beautiful face
something about it just chewed me up
the way they looked at me like i was down on my luck
and i vowed to tear my shackles down
and come into myself with my feet on the ground
so I quit the job and I formed a band
and I play all night and I sleep when I can

credits

released April 29, 2022
Produced: Doug Fearn
Engineer & Background Vocal: Ian Alexander
Banjo & Vocals: Corrie Lynn Green
Guitar & Mandolin: Adam Monaco
Cello: Peter Oswald
Drums: John O'Reilly Jr.
Harmony Vocals: Catelyn Monaco
Mark Minassin: Electric Guitar

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Corrie Lynn Green Harrisonburg, Virginia

Corrie Lynn Green is from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Her music is raw, real and unlike anything else on the radio today.

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