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Beautiful, Once

from The Long Run by al Riggs

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They took my heart away
My nylon strings, my timpanis
They took my home away
My equal living, my symphonies

Oh my dear sweet countryside
You were beautiful once
Now it's time to hide
Oh my dear sweet local boy pride
You were beautiful once
Now it's time to hide

Carolina cares about us all
My simple pleasures, my fantasies
Carolina cares about us all
My hidden measures, my tragedies

Oh my dear sweet dying boys
You were beautiful once
Now it's all destroyed
Oh my reverb, my modulated noise
You were beautiful once
Now it's all destroyed

Don't tell me that it's too late
We can save them, we have the technology

Oh my dear sweet piano shack
You were beautiful once
Now I want it back
Oh my head colds, a whooping hack
You were beautiful once
Now I want it back

Oh my dear sweet countryside...

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from The Long Run, released February 19, 2014
AL- guitars, vocals, percussion, keyboards, loops

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