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Twilight Town

by Kevin Stonerock

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1.
Too Young To Quit Standing on the rim of desperation Wondering if I’ll jump or if I’ll fall I’ve rubbed shoulders with the nearly famous And it never got me anywhere at all (Chorus) Too young to quit, too old to change Too dumb to come in from the pouring rain So I’ll keep moving along biding my time I’m a stubborn mule with something to prove With little to gain and nothing to lose I guess I like it that way cause I feel fine Every now and then I get to wondering If I am master of my own demise Hanging on to things that do not matter Acting like a sane man in disguise (Repeat Chorus) (Bridge) I keep listening for that sound Of the curtain coming down (Repeat Chorus) © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)
2.
Go Ahead On 04:19
Come on over here  Tell me what you’re thinking I ain’t playing games And you know I ain’t been drinkin’ You just can’t make up your mind If I’m the man you want hanging around Let me make it easy  Here’s your toothbrush and your comb Just Go ahead on   Chorus:  Go ahead on Go ahead on Don’t come knockin’ on my door, don’t call me on the phone Go ahead on Go ahead on I ain’t got time to fool around so  Go ahead on   You sat yourself right down  And told me all about it You said that I’m the one Then you said you doubt it You just keep me hanging on Then you pull the rug from under me This ain’t no magic carpet ride And I can’t read your mind So go ahead on   You’re the gift that keeps on taking But you’ve taken all you’re gonna get from me You’ve said goodbye a hundred times or more But you never leave   Repeat Chorus   Tag:  I ain’t got time to fool around so go ahead on   © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock  (BMI)
3.
I’m a railroad man like my father before From San Bernardino up to Baltimore Daddy lost his life on the Monon Line In a bad train wreck in the fall of 69 Oh oh oh oh 
 My pappy died young and he left his wife With three hungry kids and a Barlow knife I’ll never forget that look on her face When the government men came to take us all away 
 I ran off from the orphans’ home Hopped a freight train bound for San Antone Got a job working on a section gang Hotter than hell but I never complained 
 Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh 
 When I was nineteen  I was shoveling coal On an old locomotive bound for Jackson Hole I learned to be a brakeman from a hard boiled man Who could whip two ‘bo’s only using one hand 
 I’ve walked across the top of a moving train In the snow and the wind and the driving rain I started in the days of the link and pin Ain’t nobody wanna a do that again 
 (Instrumental) 
 Well, I’m an old boomer and I’ve worked the rails Felt the sting of the old tell tails Low steel bridges flying over my head Move too slow and you ended up dead 
 In the long cold winter of 25 Hauling sand down a Wind River mountainside The train broke in two and it left the track I rode it all the way but I won’t be coming back Oh Oh Oh Oh 
 Now here I lie in a hospital bed One leg gone and the other half dead I don’t speculate about when I’ll die Cause a railroad man is always on time 
 Oh oh oh oh….(repeat) 
 © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)
4.
The life of the party will be the death of me This town ain’t seen the likes of her since 1963 She’s a long lean dancing machine  She’s fine as she can be But the life of the party will be the death of me   At the end of a hard day’s work  I’m ready to shut it down But she’s all dressed for dancing  And a night on the town She’s got a heart of gold and a tender soul She’s cool as she can be But the life of the party will be the death of me   When she walks into the room The boys all turn around But she came to hear the steel guitar And that rockabilly sound She’d never go behind my back She’s true as she can be But the life of the party Will be the death of me   She’s a long lean dancing machine  She’s cool as she can be But the life of the party will be the death of me The life of the party will be the death of me 
 © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)         
5.
Gypsy Road 03:52
Gypsy Road Gypsy Road.   Gypsy Road, Gypsy Road When all you got left is a seed of doubt You know what I’m talking about You’d better not go on down that Gypsy Road   You’re somewhere you never thought you’d be But where you’ve ended up is plain to see When the days are long and the nights are cold And you’re dragging around a heavy load Better not take it down that Gypsy Road    Gypsy Road Gypsy Road Gypsy Road Gypsy Road  When the devil plants a little seed of doubt You walk right in but you can’t get out You might not make it home from Gypsy Road   When the hoot owl seems to call your name When the lights are low and you hang your head in shame I’ve been down that road myself  And I wouldn’t wish that on no one else You better not slip on down that Gypsy road   Gypsy Road Gypsy Road Gypsy Road Gypsy Road When all you got left is a seed of doubt You know what I’m talking about You’d better not go on down that Gypsy Road   Whatever it is that’s dogging you Be it money, love or pills or booze There’s a million paths that lead that way If you go too far there’s hell to pay You best just stay away from Gypsy Road   I know you’ve got those low down blues From the top of your head to the soul of your shoes But don’t go walking down that Gypsy Road   © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)
6.
When you’re sick and tired of being on your own  And you just can’t face those same four walls at home When it’s time to burn it down  There’s a place where lonely hearts abound Come on down to Twilight Town   When you’ve had enough of being by yourself Even though you’re with somebody else When your hope has nearly drowned There’s a lost love waiting to be found Come on down to twilight town   Chorus   If the fire inside has died Don’t give up just give it one more try In a world of lost and found    Come on down to twilight town Come on down to twilight town   There’s a lot of folks who’ve felt like me and you Thinking that their life is all but through Pick your heart up off the ground There’s a second chance just waiting to be found On the streets of twilight town Chorus If the fire inside has died Don’t give up just give it one more try In this world of lost and found    Come on down to twilight town   You may think your life is done Could be that it’s only just begun If your world has come unwound Come on down to twilight town Come on down to twilight town Come on down to twilight town   © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI) 

7.
Well baby, is that the way it is? You’ve made up your mind You ain’t sayin’ but it’s easy to see Your love for me has died Just tell me and I’ll be on my way Before the long slow fade 
I know you would never be cruel Cause that’s not how you’re made But darlin’ I have been in your shoes And regret some cards I played And I can tell you nobody wins In a long slow fade 
CHORUS 
Long slow fade Long slow fade I ain’t waiting I ain’t hanging around For the long slow fade 
 Instrumental Repeat Chorus  Tag
8.
I wish I had a dollar for everyone I’ve spent But wishes ain’t worth nothing when you’re trying to pay the rent I wish I was an old guitar With stories yet to tell I’d sing one of a lonely man that we both know so well  
I wish I was a riverboat floating down a stream I wish I was a carpenter, I’d build myself a dream   I wish I was a vagabond with nothing left to lose  I’d walk these old backroads and think about you 
But I’ve got obligations, I’m too young to retire I’m not one for standing still or sitting round the fire So I’ll just keep on moving, living in my mind Til the day they lay me down perhaps I’ll wake to find 
That I was just a riverboat floating down a stream I was just a carpenter who built myself a dream I was just a vagabond with nothing left to lose So I walked those old backroads thinking ‘bout you  
I was young but now I’m past my prime With every dream that’s crashed and burned   More and more I find 
I am just a riverboat floating down a stream I am just a carpenter trying to build a dream I am just a vagabond with holes in both my shoes From walking these old backroads thinking about you I‘ve been walking these old backroads thinking ‘bout you 
 © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)  
9.
He came from Alabama, no banjo on his knee He had a beat up Gibson made in 1953 He came north to work the graveyard shift in a rust belt factory Til him and Mogan David lost that job 
So he wandered to a little town, doing odd jobs for his pay He’d save a little money then he’d drink it all away He’d talk about his buddy who he lost in 44 Who never even made it to the shore 
He never had much money but the one thing that he had Was a gift for playing guitar that he picked up from his dad He’d play for folks at Christmas in department stores downtown And they would come for miles to hear that sound 
He could make it talk, he could make it sing He could make those old Black Diamonds ring He could make it laugh, he could make it whine He could make those old Black Diamonds shine  And the world seemed like a brighter place When Ray would open up his case 
“You could make it on the Opry” folks would often say He’d just smile and shake his head and turn the other way “You belong in Nashville, down on Music Row” But he’d always mumble something about St. Lo 
Instrumental 
He lived behind the hardware store in a room they let him use He was master of the fretboard but he never beat the booze Sometimes I’d sit and listen underneath his window sill Late at night when all the streets were still 
He could make it talk, he could make it sing He could make those old Black Diamonds ring He could make it laugh, he could make it whine He could make those old Black Diamonds shine And the world seemed like a finer place When Ray would open up his case They found him by the railroad track, face down in the sand A bottle in his pocket, a Silver Star in his hand They found his old Gibson in a pawn shop south of town And I cried when they laid him in the ground And sometimes late at night I hear that sound 
He could make it talk, he could make it sing He could make those old Black Diamonds ring He could make it laugh, he could make it whine He could make those old Black Diamonds shine He could make it talk, he could make it sing He could make those old Black Diamonds ring And the world seemed like a better place When Ray would open up his case Black Diamonds 
© 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock
10.
They lied to you when they said you’d pay some dues Cause they implied that one day you’d be through What I’ve got to say might make you blue But the dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth   You’ll keep on a payin’ As long as you’ll be staying I hate to break your happy heart in two But tell me have I ever lied to you? The dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth   Instrumental   I know you’re thinking that you’ve got it made But there’s another card yet to be played  You could  be  in LA or in  Duluth But the dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth   One day you’ll be flying but pretty soon you’re dying You’re no better than your last review Now you’re swinging for the fences like Babe Ruth But the dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth   Instrumental   Go on and climb that ladder but one day it won’t matter It’s just a thing that all of us go through One day it’s PBR, and the next Vermouth But the dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth It’s a lesson that I learned back in my youth The dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth Ask anyone I know, we’re living proof The dues ain’t never paid Don’t mean to rain on your parade But the dues ain’t never paid and that’s the truth  
 © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)
11.
There was an old man  In the town where I was born Said he came there in a wagon During the Spanish American War He used to sit for hours  In front of the only store In the town where I was born 
His best friend was a black man Who everyone called Shine He tried to give me a silver dollar For catching fishing worms one time But I was proud to do it Cause that’s what friends were for In the town where I was born 
Just a sleepy little village  On the wrong side of the tracks We lost our school in 64  And we never got it back But the lessons that I learned there  Went beyond the schoolhouse door In the town where I was born I remember Pete and Ida And the hill behind their house How the wooden sleds went flying When the snow was on the ground And they never seemed to mind Those laughing kids ‘round their back door In the town where I was born 
There was an old mill In the town where I was raised The old folks talked about it Until their dying days Mose the miller was a poet Like Riley so they say In the town where I was born 
Just a sleepy little village  Two legs short of a one horse town The old town hall got the wrecking ball And the restaurant fell down But time just kept on going, like it did before In the town where I was born    There’s an old graveyard In the town where I was born The tombstones are forsaken No more to be adorned And the saddest ones of all Are for boys who went to war From the town where I was born 
Just a sleepy little village  On the way to another town We got passed up by the railroad  It put our high hopes in the ground But I’m proud to say I’m from there  In spite of all the scorn That’s the town where I was born The town where I was born 
 © 2020 Kevin P. Stonerock (BMI)

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Songwriter and master storyteller Kevin Stonerock is a product of the Midwest, born and raised in a small town 40 miles east of Indianapolis. He was Americana before the word became a staple in the music lexicon—an amalgamation of traditional country and roots rock, with the sensibilities and lyricism of a folk artist. Stonerock's seventh solo album, Twilight Town, contains eleven Stonerock-penned tracks and features veteran pedal steel virtuoso Pee Wee Charles (Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson and others) and five time Canadian Country Music Association award winning fiddler Shane Guse (Richard Marx, Lisa Brokop, Michelle Wright) and well known Cincinnati piano man Ricky Nye.

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released May 6, 2020

The Band:

Derrick Carnes: drums, harmony vocals
Shane Guse: fiddle
Ricky Nye: piano
Ed “Pee Wee Charles” Ringwald: pedal steel guitar
Gabriel Stonerock: electric rhythm and lead guitars, percussion
Kevin Stonerock: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, bass and baritone guitars, banjo, electric guitar solos on “Go Ahead On” (first half of break) and “Long Slow Fade”

Produced by Gabriel Stonerock and Kevin Stonerock

Recording Engineers: Jeff Monroe, Group Effort Studio, Erlanger, KY
Ben Kempel, Among The Hung Studio, Conestoga, Ontario, Canada
Mixed by Jeff Monroe
Mastered by Dan Murphy
Photos and Design: Andy Carr

All songs written by Kevin Stonerock,
December, 2019 through February, 2020

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Songwriter and master storyteller Kevin Stonerock is a product of the Midwest, born and raised in a small town 40 miles east of Indianapolis. He was Americana before the word became a staple in the music lexicon—an amalgamation of traditional country and roots rock, with the sensibilities and lyricism of a folk artist. ... more

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