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Rented Room

from Foothill Freeway by Pete Mancini

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Tightened down on the east coast
18 wheels to old Frisco
Made a few stops along the way
Caffeine pills and getting weighed
Truck stop girl behind the bar
Smiled and said “You’ve travelled far”
I said “I hammer like lightning across this land
Seen empires returning to sand”

I’ve seen a generation forgotten
A land of big box stores and oxycontin
People making ends meet in a rented room
Threading the needle with a spoon

Tiny towns on the interstate
Burnt out mills and factory plains
Families living out in the street
Trespassing signs laid at their feet
District attorney on a TV screen
Pundits gathered at the scene
Said they won’t get away with it this time
Then they poisoned the water to save a dime

I’ve seen a generation forgotten
A land of big box stores and oxycontin
People making ends meet in a rented room
Threading the needle with a spoon

Paid my tab I was on my way
Spent my paycheck at the bar in the middle of the day
Slept it off in a Wegmans parking lot
We can’t keep pretending we’re someone we’re not

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from Foothill Freeway, released May 4, 2017

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