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The Ballad Of The Analog Kid

from Tumblers & Grit by Chris Richards

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lyrics

THE BALLAD OF THE ANALOG KID
(Richards)

Burst from the dirt
Like a lottery ball
Last one to talk
First one to crawl
And as soon as someone left the door unlatched
Just wandered out and he never
Looked back

Minnesota high
Louisiana low
But all the maps that he’d been given
Weren’t working anymore
One day he bent to put an ear down to the ground
The world blew by him
And it made a lonesome sound

One day everything changes
And you have to live with it
Time is running out on the analog kid
He got lost in the wires
Twisted and tired
And it’s beginning to feel like
The end of the line

Belly full of fire
And dyin’ of thirst
Troublin’ the night
Before the night can hit him first
And they left him in pieces
Lying scattered on the floor
Missing parts that they’re not making anymore
One day everything changes
And you have to live with it
Time is running out on the analog kid
They have broken his stride
Swept him aside
And it’s beginning to feel like
The end of the line

There’s a letter on the desk
From a far and distant land
No return address
But written in an old, familiar hand
It says "You better get it now
There isn’t time to think
It’s all been written down
In disappearing ink"

One day everything changes
And you have to live with it
Time is running out on the analog kid
They have left him behind
He can’t lay down and die
‘Cause it’s beginning to feel like
The end of the line

©2002 Lake Court Music (ASCAP)

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from Tumblers & Grit, released July 28, 2004

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Chris Richards is a critically acclaimed songwriter and recording artist from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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