This Town Ain't What It Used to Be, But It Still Has a Bar

from Background Check Demo (free download!) by Emergency Exit

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I walk these streets at night and I have burning questions.
The windmills in the distance wave to me as friends move on.
I count the cars cause sparks still fly and wonder where they’ll send us.
I ponder past mistakes and lucky breaks but they’re all gone.

The walls come closing in.
the future isn’t bright in dark winters of New England.

And now I have this place in town I can call my own.
I haven’t seen you in three years or maybe four.
The success of our mutual friends drives me goddam insane.
So I’ll wish you the best of luck and hope you hit the floor.

Make the same mistakes again,
a loss of dignity starts slowly setting in.

I’ve been taking this all wrong,
Never admit when I’m wrong,
I never said we’d get along.

As time moves on, and things they’ll change,
I hope you waste away again
I never meant to leave you behind, but then you fell by the wayside

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from Background Check Demo (free download!), track released April 4, 2013

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Emergency Exit Boston, Massachusetts

From Scituate Massachusetts, Emergency Exit is a band that has endured through labor of love since 2003. Founded by three teenage friends playing punk covers, Emergency Exit has evolved into a mature rock outfit that’s released several albums and played shows across New England. Recording and producing its own records, the band’s foundation is rooted in DYI mentality that has shapes their music. ... more

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