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Rise and Run
In the morning i’m gonna rise and run away
This town has had it’s last look at my face
In a burning barn up the creek I was born and raised
I got a top notch education from my mistakes

I gave nothing, I took everything I could take
For a tale like mine I’m in pretty good shape
When I was young, I planned my great escape
Now I’m a coward, stuck in the planning phase

And it doesn’t matter how many times I moved away
Everytime that I look up I’m back in this place

I do believe the life I live is trapped in a bottle
its a lonely path, I didn’t plan to follow
Like a frog in a pot starting to boil
Im just sitting here, drawing shapes in the soil

All my window frames are filled with looking glass
I want to lock that door and never look back
I have no faith in the forecast, there’s rain in store
Time is a river, the past is a resevoure

And it doesn’t matter how many times I moved away
Every time that I look up I’m back in this place
So I say goodbye to the Granada, broken bulbs and all
Im heading South if I can climb my own brick wall
And it doesn’t matter how many times I moved away
Every time that I look up I’m back in this place

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from Live at the Cactus Cafe EP, released August 16, 2018

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Ben Ballinger Austin, Texas

Ben Ballinger makes roots music with an uncommon emotional depth and songwriting mastery. A balladeer in the truest sense, Ballinger is a craftsman, building fine-tuned melodies out of roughhewn passions. After digging deep into the Austin, Texas scene for the past few years, Ballinger stands out among the pack of would-be Country soulmen with an undeniably genuine, and original delivery. ... more

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