No Good

from STONY BROOK by Stevenn Beck

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NO GOOD

(c) by stevenn beck

it was the summer of sixty-nine
when my daddy pulled up roots
we headed east from the bright city lights
for which he never had much use
all the kids in town were looking on
as our old truck came in view
all the kids came around to run us on
they tried to keep the neighborhood
no good

the local schoolhouse it was  town joke
a mudslide would over it now and again
I always wondered why the fools built it there
and why the foot bridge had no end
I turned the corner and the cayman called me out
he didn't mind being crude
I'd been alone too long for me to back out
so I laughed at him and fell into the mood
I was no good

me and the catman we went out for a ride
we stopped to pick up cool by the bay
on through the wilderness we drove through the night
until we came to eileen's place
I can still see a room full of desperate men
the women there were made of wood
the blonde bomber he came by to shake my hand
he was sincere from where he stood
still no good

I introduced myself but no one heard
they were running down some guy with funny words
I didn't mean nothing to them at all
so I split the difference I split the difference
and settled for what it was worth

we spent a lot of time in county bars
i always came along for the ride
catman and cool were on most of the time
with the jokester always by their side
we laughed and talked with nothing ever being said
that cool could slap a man down good
I'd go home in the morning just to clear my head
but I ignored the simple truth
they were no good

came to night I had to speak my mind
the boomer's woman struck me right between the eyes
maybe they'd cut some slack for one of their own
but I was the foreigner I was the foreigner
the man that didn't belong

when the dust had cleared cool he fled south
the bomber and his woman hopped a freight
the cayman he flew scared across three state lines
and the jokester died too young to hit the brakes
I heard them whispering across all them miles
all those good times forgotten like the blues
I found me a good woman who cannot believe
I spent my youth with the likes of you
who were no good
no good

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from STONY BROOK, released March 1, 2013

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Stevenn Beck New York, New York

Stevenn lives in NYC and has been writing music for more than 30 years. He has performed at "Open Mike" concerts in Maryland, in Washington Square Park as well Manhattan/West Village. Stevenn is also an actor/writer, with credits in several small movies as well as in local theatre. His original retro folk-rock music can be previewed
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