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Paper Route

from Innerweather (1991) by James Hersch

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I delivered the Minneapolis Star to 30 houses as a kid. I recall the doors, the alley, the dogs and the cold winters. I remember the people most.

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Paper Route

Johnny was the quarterback, he lived just down the block
Every Saturday he would be my favorite stop
See his name in black and white from the game Friday night
Johnny went away to school in his daddy's Oldsmobile
It was on page two how he died behind the wheel
From a drunk driver on the edge of town

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I found out on my paper route
I found out on my paper route

Carol was a pretty girl, she wore a ribbon in her hair
At the age of ten I guess I didn't really care
She would often wait for me, take the paper right from my hand
By and by, I wondered what these feelings were
When she smiled at me I guess I smiled at her
Never kissed a girl before, I'd wondered why I'd ever want to...

Every house was different, every house was the same
Some faces smiled at me,some never even knew my name
Fence to fence, tree to tree, they left their mark on me
Now I'm thirty-five and I don't live there anymore
But in my head I remember most every door
And I can see there's a lot in me that...

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from Innerweather (1991), released August 20, 1991

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James Hersch Minneapolis, Minnesota

I live on this piece of prairie. I'm passionate and dedicated to writing songs in hopes of singing them for people. I don't think I could continue without both ends of that process. Create then hope. It's here I write songs, and here I wait to sing them for others. ... more

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