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Landsdowne Street

from pittsburgh, ohio by Bill White

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theres always a party in allston
a nightengale sang in kenmore square
now aint that just the gospel truth
i believe because i was there
but that party ended
in a blast of summer heat
someone tells me that party is still gong on
down on landsdowne street

hangin at the paradiise with sheila e
checkin out jeff buckley at johnny ds
joe cook singin peanuts at the cantab bar
my girlfriend is at the channel where the bad seeds are
the whole world is watching
i dont want to be seen
so i grab a seat on the shuttle bus
to landsdown street

at avalon im talking with brett anderson
about the songs on dog star man
he is the kind of kid i should have grow up with
not those hicks playing country in honkey tonk bars
who wasted their young lives doing golden brown
while i came to life in the underground
singin reet petit on landsdowne street

when her boyfriend went down in the hurricane
she went silent inside a shout
now she dances naked on the axisfloor
because thats what shes all about
is she running from ghosts
or only people in sheets
shes a witch its true but so beautiful
in the lights on landsdowne street

the tourist season has come and gone
then stops and comes no more
in days when our faces were painted white
and our names were always at the door
boston skies were never dark
the crowds could hear us at fenway park
when the traffic was at its peak
on landsdown street

do you remember mama kin
the house aerosmith built
where local bands like ours
were treated like real rock and roll stars
now waters coming in to the basementt
where the sailors and mermaids meet
i wonder if there is still a happy hour
on landsdowne street

now the crummy shuttle bus
shuttles people to and fro
from places they dont wanna be
to places they dont wanna go
silence falls across these halls
leaving moisture on the seats
the doors have all been chain-lock shut
on landsdowne street

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from pittsburgh, ohio, released March 9, 2022
written and performed by bill white

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