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The Girl From Albany

from Already Yesterday by The Winchester Local

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THE GIRL FROM ALBANY

Looking down on tiny towns, do you ever wish you'd stuck around?
Oh, how I've prayed it was just a phase
In Los Angeles do they allow you to sparkle when you take your bow?
Just like you did in high school plays...
Oh, and nothing much has changed and they all think I'm strange
And I'm swearing on my grave that you'll be flying home

And it's hard to get by without you hanging 'round
Yes, and when I go to a picture show, people ask me
Do I know that pretty girl from Albany?
The girl up on the movie screen...
The girl from Albany
My girl from Albany

You walk in new designer shoes with Hollywood strapped to your boots
New York City's at your knees in one minute
And we'll have plenty stories to tell all about the way you taste and smell
But no one's gonna believe me
Well, put the past away, and I hear your mamma say
Let the past relax, our Sarah's long gone

And it's hard to get by without you hanging 'round
Yes, and when I go to a picture show, people ask me
Do I know that pretty girl from Albany?
The girl up on the movie screen...
My girl from Albany
My girl from Albany

Oh, Sarah put that purple, sliver makeup on your face and put that bow in your hair
Make me laugh and say you'll dance with me down at the Kendall County Fair
Dance the way that momma said those southern girls should sway
The moon is out, we'll cuddle out into our hideaway
The ghosts in Baptist Park cried weeks on end for you to stay
Will you come back someday?
Will you come back someday?
Will you come back someday?
Will you come back someday?

Well, I'm walking barefoot on the road, on my way back from your home
Thinking maybe I should've said something that I didn't
Maybe I should've held your hand and not begged to fulfill all of your commands
Maybe I just talk to damn much
Oh maybe they don't mean a bit (I think) – these walks we'd take alone
Sarah, in a couple years (anyway) … You're gonna be a big star

It's hard to get by without you hanging 'round
Yes, and when I go to a picture show, people ask me
Do I know that pretty girl from Albany?
The girl up on the movie screen...
My girl from Albany

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from Already Yesterday, released October 18, 2014
Words and music by Tyler Phillips
©2014 Tyler Phillips

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Brian Forbes at The Gallery Recording Studio. Brooklyn, NY

Performance credits
Tyler Phillips – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys
Steve Danielsson – Guitar
Maurice Alban – Drums
Andrew Krahn – Tenor Sax

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