Laredo by Nightfall

from Laredo by Nightfall EP by The Empty Orchestras

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Written from February 2019 - June 2020
Recorded in Schertz, TX

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My neighborhood's where the old men used to hunt
So many new roads, so many old roads too
My friend's sister crashed her car here
So my friend never got a car to crash anywhere
and I used to walk alone here when I didn't know what to do
which was pretty much always

Don't get me wrong though: I'm not singing because
I know any more than I did before
I'm just a little more content
Not knowing what I don't know

I'm in Laredo by noon
Gas station breakfast getting it done
I wonder who of all my friends stuck around
Who's making it through here?
Who left and isn't planning on coming back?

Who remembers who I was
or who I tried to be?

I'm in Laredo by Nightfall, I've been missing my friends and family
New poets baring their souls, streets of Laredo new and old
People I haven't seen in a while glad to see me again
because the energy's never destroyed, it just transforms

I'm in Laredo by daybreak
Some people call it a phase
Some people call it a home
I call it the place where I began
My familiar old road paved anew

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I'm in Laredo by 4PM
Carne asada a la casa de quien?
I want to eat till I don't know when
Who's going to show up with more food?
Who's going to ask where I've been?
Is there a border slam this week?
Who remembers who I was
or who I tried to be?

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from Laredo by Nightfall EP, released June 5, 2020

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The Empty Orchestras San Antonio, Texas

I'm a composer / poet / teacher writing, recording, and performing original music when I can.

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