Goodbye Anarene

from Cadillac Motel by Dogs on Main Street

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Busted windows and burned-out cars
In a town of a hundred and one
And I'm sitting in the dark down at Big Al's bar
He said, "Ain't no war to be won."

See Papa got saved by a billboard sign
About thirty-three years ago
Said, "Listen here, Jack, the Lord heals in time.
This town won't become what you've known."
And he said,

"Goodbye, Anarene.
Goodbye to our home.
Goodbye, Anarene.
No more sorrows will you know."

So I dropped out of school, hit them oil fields
Rigging work in the sun's scorching swell
Guess I kept my sins at an even keel
Doing time in the mouth of hell

Then some Stetsons and some bolo ties
Come flashing around late last fall
Said, "The well's shutting down, boys. All that lives must die,
But we know this ain't living at all."
And they sighed,

"Goodbye, Anarene.
Goodbye to our home.
Goodbye, Anarene.
Man, we'd have told you if we'd have known."

Now Papa don't sleep, he don't get off his knees
And Mama don't sing her sweet songs
Guess you reap what you can, Lord still lays vengeful hand
No healing for New Babylon
When those devils return picking poor folks to burn
I'm gonna be long gone

Goodbye, Anarene
Goodbye to my home
Goodbye, Anarene
Ghosts are all I've ever known

Still sitting in the dark down at Big Al's bar
Packed bags and a hunger for home
And Al shakes my hand, trickles tears in my car
Says, "Son, may the Lord bless your road."

I don't know, I don't know
I don't know, I don't know

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from Cadillac Motel, released January 14, 2022

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