Journey #4

from Long Road by Neil Hunt

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Journey #4

I left my home a couple months back
Caught a ride down the Appalachian track
The driver, oh, places he’d been
He said son . . . You can’t win unless you begin

Stopped at a diner off the highway
A lonely waitress served me some hot eggs
When I saw her daughter, I about fell off my chair
She said son . . . there’s so much beauty everywhere

Now I’m from a nation, it’s called the Midwest
Farming and hunting are what we do best
The sun keeps me warm, the earth keeps me fed
Father said son . . . we live where we’ve bled

I arrived at night to find the shoreline
Now I can say I touched the ocean just one time
There was an old man having a smoke on the beach
He said son . . . there ain’t nothing out of our reach

Now little sister you know that I’ll be back again
But I learned my lesson I ain’t never looking back again
Earned my stripes picking coins up off the street
In this life . . . you earn what you keep

In this life . . . you earn what you keep.

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from Long Road, released May 12, 2015

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Neil Hunt Chicago, Illinois

Folk artist Neil Hunt (known around Chicago as Neighbor Neil) has been strumming his good ol' 6-string since his teenage years. After finishing his maths coursework he decided to purchase a drum set and later a package of Marine Band harmonicas. Eventually he wrote a few songs down and the result is his debut album, Long Road, released in May 2015. ... more

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