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Across The Dirt Road

from Out The Gate (And Down The Road) by Jerry Axson

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Across The Dirt Road
©Jerry Axson

She lived across the dirt road,
sometimes I saw her out back,
five empty acres behind our house,
we lived on the wrong side of the tracks...
She had an indepedant momma’,
ran around and drank a lot,
my Daddy told me it was 64’,
she messed around and got herself shot...
for what she was and was not...

I watched you then like I want you now,
from a distance - without a sound,
every night of every day,
I have hoped and I have prayed -
that somehow - maybe - some way -
you will wake up and see...
that your love belongs to me...

Through the years I have seen you grow,
so close and yet so far,
boys would come and boys would go,
I’d catch the tail lights of their cars,
it seems to me you can’t fill up,
that empty place in your heart,
Well, I’ve got something to say to you girl,
and it’s a good place to start...
this is a good place to start...

you will wake up and see...
that your heart belongs to me...

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from Out The Gate (And Down The Road), released June 1, 2007
Jerry Axson

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Jerry Axson Columbia, South Carolina

To me simplicity is the root of all great thoughts. The secret thrill for me, the architect, is delivering that thought with unobtrusive complexity. Writing songs and composing music satisfy my soul and because of this I know exactly what I am designed to do, it’s just that simple. - Jerry Axson ... more

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