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Canadiana Americana

by Nick Nace

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1.
Dead Ends 02:59
In the parlance of the time they eloped Went on down to mexico Got married on the beach Beyond her parents reach That’s all that anybody really knows I can only tell you what I’ve been told After their “I Do’s” the trail went cold No one’s seen them alive Since nineteen sixty five They just got in their beat up car & drove They told all their friends You’ll never hear from us again Love means more than the color of your skin Her ma & her pa flew down from Arkansas But all they found was a road full of dead ends I like to imagine how it went A bunch of kids a picket fence Sometimes you’ve gotta find A way to leave it all behind Before you can start to really live They told all their friends You’ll never hear from us again Love means more than the color of your skin Her ma & her pa flew down from Arkansas But all they found was a road full of dead ends All they found was a road full of dead ends
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I had a friend named John DeMent everybody called him Jack He lived on chapel street in a one room clapboard shack Hadn’t kissed a girl since Deb at senior prom in ‘98 He left her at the party and slipped out the back gate He always was an odd duck my mother’s fond of saying He was doing crosswords puzzles while the other kids was playing Jack never had a problem with being on his own He went out of his way to walk this world alone One night I asked him bout it when we were both out of our heads He looked at me with secret eyes leaned in close & said I’ve never told another soul brother I confess The only thing that makes me happy is the pursuit of loneliness I introduced him to my cousin Pam down at Debra’s Pub They danced to Patsy Cline like two people in love But Jack was a magician I looked up and he was gone When he missed the bus to work I knew something must be wrong One night I asked him ‘bout it when we were both out of our heads He looked at me with secret eyes leaned in close & said I’ve never told another soul brother I confess The only thing that makes me happy is the pursuit of loneliness All the lights were on as I knocked hard on his front door I peeked in through the window Jack was lying on the floor One artificial rose gripped tightly in his hand The coroner said a heart attack he never stood a chance Do not cry for Jack DeMent let’s raise a glass instead One night with secret eyes he leaned in close & said I’ve never told another soul brother I confess The only thing that makes me happy is the pursuit of loneliness Here’s to old Jack & the pursuit of loneliness
3.
Had to sell the old ford when my eyesight started going Now I catch the bus to work at sunrise every morning My friends retired poolside playing game of cards But I’m still flippin flapjacks the hours long & hard In the golden years no it wasn’t supposed to be this way I put on my best suit to go sit in the park & think about them good old days & think about them good old days When my wife passed away the bankers made their calls Sent the Sheriff down to storm my castle walls I raised up the white flag high in surrender defeat Now my kingdom spans only four hundred square feet In the golden years no it wasn’t supposed to be this way I put on my best suit to go sit in the park & think about them good old days & think about them good old days I come here every Sunday rain or shine or snow Feeding all the pigeons remembering long ago When life was a picture postcard nice enough to make me weep Now I pray the darkness will take me while I sleep In the golden years no it wasn’t supposed to be this way I put on my best suit to go sit in the park & think about them good old days I put on my best suit to go sit in the park & think about them good old days Them good old days Them good old days
4.
Your Dad’s old car smells like stale cigars You drive it faster than it was meant to go You kill the lights on back roads at night And lately you’ve been taking the long way home Pretty blue dress your hair all a mess Eyes wilder than I have ever seen before You sing along to the same sad song Cuz you can't stand to talk to me anymore Looking everywhere but where you’re going Smoking cigarettes your face it glows like fire Keep your eyes on the road babe I don’t want to die this way You say don't worry daddy thinks I'm a good driver Your friends in town wish you would slow down They look at me like they know it’s all my fault But the country life never fit you right & you'll leave me where gravel meets the asphalt Looking everywhere but where you’re going Smoking cigarettes your face it glows like fire Keep your eyes on the road babe I don’t want to die this way You say don't worry daddy thinks I'm a good driver Most nights I spend with an ear to the wind On the front porch nursing a beer alone As if I’ll hear you shift to low gear Coming over the hill on your way back home Looking everywhere but where you’re going Smoking cigarettes your face it glows like fire Keep your eyes on the road babe I don’t want to die this way You say don't worry daddy thinks I'm a good driver
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The barn burned down last night Forty horses inside Couldn't save em No matter how they tried Flashing through the sky Sirens red & white Couldn't tame it Til the morning light Gone ain’t no reason why Gone in the blink of an eye When you love something someone Love em a whole ton Hug em & hold it tight That’s the gift of goodbye That’s the gift of goodbye Nothing but wet ash Melted down horse shoes Tragedy senseless Said the evening news Gone ain’t no reason why Gone in the blink of an eye When you love something someone Love em a whole ton Hug em & hold it tight That’s the gift of goodbye That’s the gift of goodbye Hitched in the trailer I kicked & I cried Never got to say goodbye When you love something someone Love em a whole ton Hug em & hold it tight That’s the gift of goodbye That’s the gift of goodbye The barn burned down last night All my friends inside

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released April 11, 2017

1. Dead Ends
2. The Pursuit of Loneliness
3. In The Golden Years
4. Your Dad’s Old Car
5. The Gift of Goodbye

All Songs by Nick Nace

Mixed & Produced by Justin Nace

Engineered & Mastered by Andy Magoffin
at The House of Miracles

Nick Nace - Voice, Acoustic Guitar
JJ Ipsen - Bass, Organ, Piano
Justin Nace - Electric Guitar
Steve Wood - Pedal Steel
Edwin Huizinga - Violin
Marshall Bureau - Drums, Percussion

Photo - Stacie Huckeba

Layout & Design - Jennifer Phipps

Cover Art - Beverly Nace

Dedicated to Mom

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Nick Nace

Nick Nace was born & raised in the wilds of Canada. His father made his first guitar out of a old pine tree that had been struck by lightning. The night he got it he dreamt of New York City. The day after he was on a south bound train.

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