Name: Backroads
Duration: P00H03M46S
Description: Written after travelling through Stanthorpe and seeing the devastating effects of the drought there!

Backroads

by Chris Gordon

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Written after travelling through Stanthorpe and seeing the devastating effects of the drought there!

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One driving day from home
Still no rain dry as a bone
Need to settle up pay out my loans
One driving day from my home

The highway goes around my town
West street’s quiet hand a me down
You could stand for hours barely hear a sound
The highway goes around my town
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Here’s one to friends left behind
Their road was tough and unkind
They fell by the wayside still on my mind
Here’s one to those left behind

Raise one to those who’ve passed on
Their faces fade with what they’d done
Once full of life now they’re dead and gone
Raise one to those who’ve passed on

The years to some were unkind
Their plans and outcomes they weren’t aligned
To the future they are resigned
The years to them have been unkind

To the future they are resigned
The years to them have been unkind

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released March 17, 2020
I play and sing everything: Vox, guitars, mandolin and bass!

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Chris Gordon Brisbane, Australia

I studied music formally, both music theory and classical guitar. I love most styles of music but writing popular /contemporary songs resonates with, and creatively inspires me.

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