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Discovery

from Discovery by Bill Ackerbauer

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This one's for the English majors: A song inspired by Eudora Welty, Richard Russo and James Joyce.

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"Discovery does not imply that the place is new
The place is the same, it is we who have changed," I agree with Eu.
You gave us a taste of your world in every elegant paragraph
With the voices and faces poppin' off of the page like a photograph

I'm riding around my hometown with the windows down
Every person I see calls up memories from the lost and found
My kid's in the back seat, asking for stories from long ago
Through his eyes I see discovery every place I go.

I've been to Thomaston, I've been to Mohawk and through North Bath
I shook that man's hand because he told it straight and he made us laugh
He left his home when Mother Ambition said he should
But I'm still around putting out fires in the neighborhood.

I'm riding around my hometown with the windows down
Every person I see calls up memories from the lost and found
My kid's in the back seat, asking for stories from long ago
Through his eyes I see discovery every place I go.

There's a one-eye carouser with a hole in his trousers
And he's playing guitar
For a liquoured-up crowd beneath a little cloud
in the Temple Bar
I tried to get some perspective but I found that objective eluded me
Till I shaved off my beard and I went for a swim in the snot-green sea.

I'm riding around my hometown with the windows down
Every person I see calls up memories from the lost and found
My kid's in the back seat, asking for stories from long ago
Through his eyes I see discovery every place I go.

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from Discovery, released February 3, 2017
Words and music by Bill Ackerbauer. Recorded at home Feb. 2, 2017.

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Bill Ackerbauer Johnstown, New York

Smokin' Bill Ackerbauer's original songs reflect the many walks of life in his native region, New York's Adirondack Foothills. Bill performs both solo and with several bands, including The Insolent Willies and The Doghouse Carpenters, which also can be found on Bandcamp. ... more

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