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Geisterfahrer

from Blue Highway by loopcircus

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This was a Nashville Songwriter's Association (Denver chapter) assignment. The assignment was to write a song about the struggle for life/work balance. At the time, things were falling apart for many in the Denver Tech Center. This was the financial crisis of 2007-9. As opposed to the crisis in the 1930s where people were jumping from high-rise windows, the 2007-9 crisis in Denver saw at least one, Geisterfahrer (ghost driver).

Hard times... conditions so unkind...
The darkness was palpable, and this song wrote itself:

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Mary Sanchez... fell in love... and time with her Romeo was never enough. Headin' southbound Santa Fe... makin' plans for their big day... in a red Ford sedan on a sunny Saturday. Off into the early morn... waved goodbye with a kiss... for a beauty salon on the south side of her bliss.

And you who carry the world without an alibi... turn away from the river of tears... there's so much pressure on you... too much to do... ain't no time.

Jimmy James Fitch... came unhinged... a playa’ livin' large drove a jet black 'cedes Benz. Fell on hard times... conditions so unkind... lost direction... lost perception... and finally lost his mind. Turned his Benz into Santa Fe... headin' north on a southbound lane... with the pedal to the metal... determination on his face.

And you who carry the world without an alibi... turn away from the river of tears. There's so much pressure on you... too much to do... ain't no time.

Mary's Romeo got the call... found Jimmy James Fitch... found Mary... saw it all. Saw the red Ford sedan... the black Mercedes Benz... tangled up in a blacktop bed of shattered diamonds.

And you who carry the world without an alibi... dive deep into the river of tears... and meander to the ocean... there's nothin' but time now... time... time... time... time to cry.

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from Blue Highway, released August 7, 2022

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loopcircus Hays, Kansas

Sending out a supersonic kiss in joy and strife... and facing down the squall I sing the faster speed of life.

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