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Blacktop Down

by Catherine Bacque

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Three vignettes of lives caught between desperation and a lack of alternatives, when the road starts to look pretty good.
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Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away ride a blacktop down
Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away to a kinder ground
Ride a blacktop down

Sammy took a knife, opened up his life
Left a daughter and a wife on the farm that day
Half a day of hail, the corn crop failed
Nothing left for sale and bills to pay

Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away ride a blacktop down
Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away to a kinder ground
Ride a blacktop down

Jackie’s second born, hungry and worn
Black hose torn, standing in the street
Sirens in the night, flashing red light
Lock her up tight, got a rap to beat

Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away ride a blacktop down
Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away to a kinder ground
Ride a blacktop down

Harlon left town when the plant shut down
Aching for the sound of the prairie wind
Got a little shack, a colt and tack
Never going back, got a herd to tend

Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away ride a blacktop down
Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away to a kinder ground

Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away ride a blacktop down
Away away ride a blacktop road down
Ride away to a kinder ground
Ride a blacktop down

Ooo – ooo – oo-oooooooo
Ride a blacktop down

Lyrics and music by Catherine Bacque (SOCAN)

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released March 5, 2021
Also featured:
Doug Cotton: drums
Paul Faulkner: dobro
Dan McGrath: fiddle
Christian Vidrih: banjo

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Miss Grundy Toronto, Ontario

Miss Grundy is arts educators Catherine Bacque (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Jennifer Burak (flute, violin, vocals), Alan Hardiman (guitar, keyboards, vocals) & Darby Macnab (bass, keyboards, vocals).

Jennifer’s fundraising events for Nellie’s Shelter brought them together in performance, playing original material, collaborating on new songs, and supporting arts initiatives for youth.
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