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Settle Down

from Dark Side of the Barn by Kevin Higgins

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It's a lonely stretch of highway
when you drive redemption home.
There's a feeling there that goes nowhere
so you pull to the side of the road.

And you hear the sagebrush whisper
as it all comes back again
When you're busted down on this sacred ground
just this side of innocence.

You wonder if she's still around
Still living in this desert town
She had always said that you'd come back around.

To settle down....again.
Unsettled by the fact that you'd let her go
Settled in like darkness on your soul
Settle down.

There's a tree-lined street in your old hometown
where memories are good.
And you came of age when you carved her name
in that big old cottonwood.

And, you see that it's still standing
Standing true and tall
And a gentle breeze blows thru the trees
Like you'd never left at all.

You wonder what she's doing now
Still working at the Lost and Found?
She had always said you'd end up back in town.

To settle down...again
Set out on the road to find yourself
Now here you are again, despite yourself.

It's time to settle up and swallow your pride
It was you, not her, who scared you off that time
She said she knew you better than you know.

And, now the dust has settled
You're all alone
Standing at the doorstep to her home

To settle down.
Way, way down.

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from Dark Side of the Barn, released September 1, 1999

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Kevin Higgins Fairport, New York

On the outside I'm a melody tinker, a wistful poet, a framer of moments, a quixotic nomad, a sucker for love, a plunderer for justice, a friend to those who’ll listen-an impudent ghost to those that won’t.
On the inside I’m a recovering cynic, a light house keeper under siege, a champion of lost causes, and by birthright-my own worst critic. Still, always happiest occupying creative space.
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