Carolann Solebello: songs

• MP3 play whole song, hi-fi (broadband)

She says she’s moving to Michigan – I ask her why
She says, I know this club, the owner likes me – I suppose I could play every night
Everything is cheaper there – I could have my own place, maybe save a little, buy a new car
My brother will help me put the furniture in storage
Pack it up, lock it down and I’m gone

She says, you know it’s not so crowded there – in a small town, I could breathe
She says, without the garbage trucks and neon – who knows – I might actually sleep
I know I know I know she says how foolish this may seem to you – but hey, you only get one life
My mother always told me you can’t run away from trouble – so I guess I’ll drive

You think I’m playing lost and found
but I’m in search of higher ground
Where I’ll climb unbound

She says, there’s too much here to think about – no room for the mind to expand
She says, there’s nothing here to hold me – but my dog and my job and my band
The grass is always greener on the other side of everywhere, but this time it’s no lie
The last time I inspected this apartment all the living things – but the roaches – up and died

I’m sick of living underground
Sick of being tightly wound
Now I’ll fly unbound

She says, guess I’ll work a few more weeks here– save some cash, quit the job, make a plan
Till then, can you spot me fifty dollars? Pay you back – I swear – when I can
I look her in the eye again and ask her why she’s leaving – the question hangs in the air
A moment of eternity goes by before she whispers, frankly, he’s not there

There’s no need to stick around
You don’t want to hear the sound
As I come unbound

She says she’s moving to Michigan