Small Town Just Like This

from Deeper Than You Think by Jason Allen

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"I'm just a kid from a council estate in a town that used to smell of chocolate. Thankfully, the escape plan worked."

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SMALL TOWN JUST LIKE THIS

I saw the bus stop queue
Filled with ordinary heads
I saw a line of cars
Stationary, lights glowing red
Fifteen years in a school classroom
Only filled my head with dread
I saw the way of life
And to me it was already dead

But it's OK
If you don't stay
There's a world outside
If you stop and take a look
Understood
You don't stand your ground
If the ground ain't good
Or you'll live and die
In a small town just like this
In a small town

They heard the shouting
From fifteen houses down
They heard the gunshots crack
On the track on the way out of town
They heard the gravy trains
Shunting everybody around
The relentless sound
Of the wheels going 'round
And around and around and around

But it's OK
If you don't stay
There's a world outside
Maybe stop and take a look
Understood?
If you stand your ground
And the ground ain't good
Then you'll live and die
In a small town just like this
In a small town
In a small town

I tasted success but it seemed bittersweet
I climbed to the top and it felt like defeat
So I lowered my guard and I raised up my ceiling
Settled my mind and I cared for my feelings

I smelt the chocolate factory
Drifting on the northerly breeze
I felt the weight of the need to succeed
And it wasn't for me
So I held the padlock
I found the keys
I helped myself to believe
I was born to be free
And my feelings agreed

That it's ok
If I don't stay
There's a world that's mine
Where I stop to take a look
Understood
That I'll stand my ground
If this ground feels good
I won't live and die
In a small town just like you

In a small town
In a small town

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from Deeper Than You Think, released January 6, 2023
Written, performed, produced and mixed by Jason Allen. Recorded May to December 2022 in Somerset, England.

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Jason Allen England, UK

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Somerset, England. Jason has written and self-recorded multiple solo albums and EPs, the most recent of which (February 2024) is called Borrowing Power From The Mill.

More information can be found at www.jasonallen.co.uk ... more

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