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Middle of America

from Things Gonna Break by Adrian Niles

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I can't afford to lose anything in return
I've burn up everything looking for a right turn
except a bridge I built across what I refused and scorned
Far beneath the polished finish of sundown
I ain't gonna work on these locks and dams
Not while there's a highway running all across this land,
I'll wipe the sweat from my brow and push back my dirty strands
And drive straight toward a vast horizon

My busted blues they came went
With a light of a smoke and the Heaven-sent
But my youth no longer pay the rent
I'm too much in debt to repay what I was lent
But I made some dollar bills on the streets of Memphis
Where I learned it ain't the pain it's the money that dulls the senses
And it's the work that keeps a mans back strong
And a hardened heart that lets him move on

Chorus
I'm in the middle of America
Trying to avoid the in between
Yeah, I'm in the middle of America
Without the void of indemnity

My muses lately haven't paid me much mind
And my shaking hands are the curse of the pantomime
Day and night meld together like poets rhyme
Deep in the middle lies any allusion of time.
And my fuel line busted on my car,
I broke a few hearts in this hillbilly bar
From here to Nashville ain't very far
But I never really wanted to be a pop star.

And this town feeds off what has died
They're raising corpses without batting an eye
It drains the life out of you and I
But honey, there ain't no need to be nervous.
Because there's a road that runs through it all
Like a pipeline for busted souls
Down it you can find a good living to earn
And some mercy when you need it most.

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from Things Gonna Break, released April 1, 2008
Written by Adrian Niles

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Adrian Niles is a roots-rock artist from eastern Ohio. He grew up in the bluegrass music tradition of his father, uncle, and grandfather’s band The Porter Brothers. After discovering artists like Dylan and Hendrix, in his teen years, Niles dedicated his life to the folk, blues, and rock expressions as a songwriter and performer. ... more

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