Coalville
from TROUBLE I WROUGHT (album) by Bobtown
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Prairie power ballad. We would have called it “Sarah,” except that is too close to the Hall & Oates hit. And this Sarah ain’t smiling.
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COALVILLE
Long gone the doctor said
been dead for days lying in his bed
the four walls of a shotgun shack his grave
hand clenched into a fist
a word seemed perched upon his lips
the track of a tear still clear on his face
they buried him up in Coalville
just an old stone fence to keep his calls at bay
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
Raven-haired with a flair and a zest for life
on a train to meet her man to get the best in life
but blood on the tracks, it was the Devil’s day.
They say she died with her hand clinched in a fist,
a word seemed perched upon her lips,
in the barren soil where her body lay
And they buried her up in Coalville
where a man knelt near her grave
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
And when the wind blows down from Coalville
you can hear him to this day
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
Long gone the doctor said
been dead for days lying in his bed
the four walls of a shotgun shack his grave
hand clenched into a fist
a word seemed perched upon his lips
the track of a tear still clear on his face
they buried him up in Coalville
just an old stone fence to keep his calls at bay
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
Raven-haired with a flair and a zest for life
on a train to meet her man to get the best in life
but blood on the tracks, it was the Devil’s day.
They say she died with her hand clinched in a fist,
a word seemed perched upon her lips,
in the barren soil where her body lay
And they buried her up in Coalville
where a man knelt near her grave
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
And when the wind blows down from Coalville
you can hear him to this day
Sarah, Sarah I miss you
Sarah, Sarah
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from TROUBLE I WROUGHT (album),
released August 6, 2012
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Bobtown Brooklyn, New York
"If you're looking for acoustic gothic-folk-Americana kissed with gorgeous harmonies then look no further." -Americana
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NYC-based Bobtown's four full-length CDs show their evolution from mostly a capella arrangements to full instrumentation, with bits of folk, Americana, pop, bluegrass, rock, and gospel all bound together by a continuous thread of innovative vocal harmonies.
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