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The Town Where I Was Born

from Twilight Town by Kevin Stonerock

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Although my mother was a first generation transplant from the central Tennessee/Kentucky border, I am a Midwesterner, born and raised, as was my father. This song could be about nearly any small town in the Midwest or the South or just about anywhere, but these are my memories of my little town. Moses Hodson, aka “Mose the Miller”, really was a published poet from my town and a contemporary of James Whitcomb Riley. A few years ago, I acquired one of his out of print books. The poems would seem a little hokey by today’s standards, but I find them endearing. Every bit of this song is as true as I remember it. 
 

lyrics

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)

credits

from Twilight Town, released May 6, 2020
Derrick Carnes: harmony vocals
Shane Guse: fiddle
Ricky Nye: Piano
Ed “Pee Wee Charles” Ringwald: pedal steel guitar
Kevin Stonerock: lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
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

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Kevin Stonerock Indianapolis, Indiana

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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