Name: DESERT TOWN
Duration: P00H03M28S
Description: Loving and skeptical sweet song about the Mojave and the little towns along Rte 62.

Johnny Angel Wendell/Robbie Rist/Brock Avery - DESERT TOWN

from CINCO GEMAS! by JohnnyAngelWendell

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Loving and skeptical sweet song about the Mojave and the little towns along Rte 62.

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Desert Town- DESERT TOWN
It's nice n easy in this desert town
Pace of living's leisurely but not quite down
Air is dry and heavy but not unpleasant
Unlike the blazing sun
Which is everpresent
Wasting away, wasting away
Wasting away, wasting away

We hung in Hollywood way back in the 90's
I see you now and I know it's not behind me
I've become a regular in Joshua Tree
Get out your trailer babe and come n see me

(ch)

Your mobiles and metal sculptures
All covered in dust
Back home in Massachusetts
They'd be starting to rust
But there's no one left there you talk to
And no one you trust
Hide out here in comfort and safety
Anonymous.

It's nice and easy in this desert town
Got my shotgun loaded
Though there's no one around
At the 99 cent store, everything's a buck and three
I got my soap and enchiladas
Life is good to me
Wasting away, wasting away, in a desert town (4)

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from CINCO GEMAS!, track released November 10, 2018
JAW sings, plays guitar
Robbie plays bass and sings and produces
Brock plays Cajon.

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Leader, Thrills, Blackjacks, Swinging E's, Creeps In Exile and now romantic balladeer. Sort of.

This is what happens when punk rockers get older, have babies and get a little consciousness--sometimes.

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