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Willcox, AZ

from BackTracks (1999) by James Hersch

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Hurrying from San Diego to Dallas, I stopped for gas in Wilcox. Something kept me there longer than a fuel stop and even after I was long gone, the pictures of the desert town stuck with me. I haven’t been back since.

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In Wilcox, AZ you get a front row seat
When the sun sets down somewhere over main street
You can stand there and watch the desert sun go down
Look any way you please, you still see the edge of town
On a slow Saturday evening
Nothing but a crow fussing and feeding
On a flat rabbit out on the highway

In Wilcox, AZ they’ve got a little general store
For the last six years they’ve run their ‘going out of business’ sale
It’ll bring that occasional tourist dollar in
Maybe sell them a pair of boots or a polished arrowhead
Out on the highway it says ‘Welcome to Wilcox, Friend
From 904 friendly��Í people and 1 grumpy Texan’

Welcome to the Wilcox way of life
Let the boy grow up, let him take a Wilcox wife
Prosper them in this desert paradise
God bless the Wilcox way of life

In Wilcox, AZ you can turn your radio on
Hit the seek button and it’ll just seek and seek and seek
You can’t go to any movies, but you can rent one cheap
They’ve got an old jukebox, they’ve got a brand new satellite dish
Down at the Muni they will serve you nachos cheap
With fresh guacamole and a sauce that’s giving off serious heat

In Wilcox, AZ they say goodbye to you
With a big yellow sign and a smile and a wave
From a little girl with an ice cream cone at the Tastee Freeze
Up on her Daddy’s shoulders, she’s happy as she can be
The last sight I see as I’m rolling out of there
That little girl waving, ice cream falling, there it goes
Right in Daddy’s hair

Welcome to the Wilcox way of life
Let the boy grow up, let him take a Wilcox wife
Prosper them in this desert paradise
God bless the Wilcox way of life

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from BackTracks (1999), released June 1, 1999

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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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