Name: Rockford Rock
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: This is by no means a slight against the fine town of Rockford, IL. or the girl who I met there. I was just hoping to create a "let's all pitch in in our communities" anthem. yeah!

Rockford Rock

from American Souls by Andrew Robert Palmer

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This is by no means a slight against the fine town of Rockford, IL. or the girl who I met there. I was just hoping to create a "let's all pitch in in our communities" anthem. yeah!

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I met a girl who dances for a living out in Rockford
We got to talking as she was locking up her shop
Well the first thing she told me was "he treats me so mean
So I'm going to Minnesota, gonna do my own thing
I don't wanna live in Rockford

Woah-oh-oh-oh no
Baby gotta go"

Soon it was afternoon and I was headed out of Rockford
Thinking about the girl and how she must see the world
She was only 21, she did way too many drugs
When I asked her about the president
All she does is shrugs and says,
"I can't change the world from out in Rockford"

Woah-oh-oh-oh no
Baby I don't know

Well maybe she was right but honey, tonight,
I just don't get it
It seems we should plant our feet and stand our ground
We'll get a tiny little house that won't be blowing down
no matter who's a-huffin' and a-puffin' around
and there won't be no such thing as a small town

Woah-oh-oh-oh no
I don't wanna go

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from American Souls, released May 1, 2019

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Andrew Robert Palmer Chicago, Illinois

I'm a regular guy doing a very small thing.

Chicago-based. Sometimes rock, sometimes folk.

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