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Terminal One, Gate 3

from 52 Songs in 52 Weeks: 2012 by James Hersch

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I was wondering what this song would be about. I decided to just watch for something to present itself and Monday I felt it did. While waiting for a late flight at the airport in Los Angeles I spent some time talking to a guy (about my age) with a really cool old guitar. It was a Kay jumbo body electric - not commonly seen. He had great stories and it made me realize how much I miss not having songwriters to talk to. It also made me wonder what things would be like if I'd decided to stay in Los Angeles in 1979 as a songwriter. I started this song right there at the gate after he'd caught his flight.

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He sits down with an old guitar
In a beat up mismatched case
A few days of beard and a smile wrapped around his face
Now I'm no conversationalist
But this is more than I can resist
Waiting here for the boarding call

All it takes is a word of curiosity
And he's popping that case for me to see
Stuffed in tee shirts and rolled up socks
The blond wood checked and the finish worn off
His 60 year old guitar smiles at me
Here at LAX
Refuge from the metroplex
We've got more than guitar stories to share
Through the night and the L.A. air

He's off to Las Vegas
For a six night hotel run
But I can hear in his voice it's not so fun
So we talk about his old Kay guitar
How he writes his songs in his girlfriend's car
I'm laughing, and he's laughing

He saved it from an early death in Baltimore
Found an orphan case in a Venice guitar store
Me a few years shy his age
We might've shared an open stage
Or a writer's night, a sidewalk space

Here at LAX
Gateway to the glitter-plex
We've got more than guitar stories to share
Before we take to the L.A. air

I'm fine living far away from this crazy race
Occurs to me I'm an old guitar in a mismatched case
With years worn and true to me
And tucked inside what's meant to be

Here at LAX
Off to whatever's next
We've got more than guitar stories to share
And we're off through the L.A. air

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from 52 Songs in 52 Weeks: 2012, track released January 5, 2012
James Hersch

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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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