Panhandling In A Ghost Town

from Tolled Stories by Tristan Omand

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Released independently in 2011, Tolled Stories is considered Tristan's debut solo album, though a few EPs and demos surfaced prior to it's release. Not many copies left. Get 'em while you can!

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lyrics

Down a winding road, even farther than I know
There lies a burial spot
And behind it is a foundation of a home
Farmland used to stretch for miles and miles
Now it’s overgrown
And the people have all gone back into the soil

Don’t waste your time on it
Don’t spend your life on fences
Don’t die rich or poor
God don’t live here anymore

The sheep have all gone home
And the birds have all lost their wings
And the houses have all been looted
Of all their most valuable things

Even farther down, there’s a storefront town
That people used to go to
But the mill shut down after poisoning the water
Turning it to brown from blue
Now the alderman and the congressman
Could really care less of the plight
Oh, they say “let nature take it’s course...”
It’s out of mind and out of sight

The smokestacks still stand tall
By the river
But the caskets stack up higher than those bricks
Higher than those bricks

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from Tolled Stories, track released April 7, 2011

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Tristan Omand Manchester, New Hampshire

New Hampshire based story-telling folk songwriter & guitarist. Darkness, humor, wisdom, wit, and tales of offbeat characters.

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