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Asphalt Dragon (Tontitown Version)

from SNOWED IN IN MIAMI by tc kody

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a song about escaping and paths not taken. it's a true story.

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I dreamed I met Phil Ochs that night
I set out in 2017
I asked the gleaming ghostly onramps
if they could tell me what it means

I chased that asphalt dragon
from florida to washington state
and every billboard along the way
said they’d made america great

and oh my car was empty
oh the shining gleaming chrome
my heroes were all at the movies
and the enemies were at home

and I drifted down to Austin
I was following a blaze
lived like a bastard eagle
for eleven long nights and days

a fever in Salt Lake City
nearly put me in the ground
and the wind across the desert
shook me with the sound

and oh the night was empty
oh the darkened starless dome
coyotes were prowlin the canyons
and the cowboys were sleepin alone

2 weeks in the rains of Tacoma
till we fixed that belt
I dropped you off with the brothers
I couldn’t tell you how I felt

never made it down to California
never made it back to Spokane
just took the fast lane to Florida
we only ever do what we can

oh my heart was empty
oh the fading greying chrome
I thought to run was an answer
but the enemy was waiting back home
we play our war games with cheat codes
but the enemy was always back home

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from SNOWED IN IN MIAMI, released December 18, 2022
written and recorded and mixed by tc kody

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gay ass folk punk from the swamps of Central Florida

Taryn (she/her) on guitar and vocals
Ali (he/him) on banjo and vocals

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