As The Rain Beat Down On Our Town
by Joe Normal
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When the dream of making it in a rock band is the only way out of your shit-hole town.
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Watching the rain comin’ down from the window
In a New England diner on North Avenue,
Bought my first cup of coffee, sharin' a wet pack of butts,
Making plans with my band mates, to rise outta this rut
While the rain beats down on our town
Two electric guitars and a blue sparkle kit, shout on a
Cheap microphone awash in teenager spit
In an attic above dreary Morris Avenue
Singing out through a window to the sordid view
Of the rain beating down on our town
Cutting through the graveyard on the way from school,
To another rehearsal with my brother and you,
Meet across from your house, some friends at-the-pizza place
Then walk over together to escape from this place
As the rain beats down on our town
I bet every young person held back by these streets
Dreamt of leaving it all far behind
So am I any different To want something else
Someday we'll all get signed...
We'll kiss OUR town good-bye...
And clear away these skies..
Bye - byyyeee
Walking home in the rain with my guitar in a bag
Knowing someday we’ll make it and will never come back
Unlike our fathers and their fathers in the... factories
Who gave up on themselves and let their dreams wash away
In the rain beating down on our town
In a New England diner on North Avenue,
Bought my first cup of coffee, sharin' a wet pack of butts,
Making plans with my band mates, to rise outta this rut
While the rain beats down on our town
Two electric guitars and a blue sparkle kit, shout on a
Cheap microphone awash in teenager spit
In an attic above dreary Morris Avenue
Singing out through a window to the sordid view
Of the rain beating down on our town
Cutting through the graveyard on the way from school,
To another rehearsal with my brother and you,
Meet across from your house, some friends at-the-pizza place
Then walk over together to escape from this place
As the rain beats down on our town
I bet every young person held back by these streets
Dreamt of leaving it all far behind
So am I any different To want something else
Someday we'll all get signed...
We'll kiss OUR town good-bye...
And clear away these skies..
Bye - byyyeee
Walking home in the rain with my guitar in a bag
Knowing someday we’ll make it and will never come back
Unlike our fathers and their fathers in the... factories
Who gave up on themselves and let their dreams wash away
In the rain beating down on our town
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released March 11, 2016
written & recorded by Joe Normal
written & recorded by Joe Normal
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Joe Normal Los Angeles, California
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Joe Normal® is a founding member of 80's Sunset Strip glam-
pop legends The Zeros. He's a co-writer on Sammy Hagar’s “Not 4 Sale” LP, and even recorded with punk icon Stiv Bators.
Compared to Cleaners From Venus, Paul Westerberg, and Jesse Malin, Joe Normal is an "Authentic underground storyteller with a Glam Rock heart." -Aquarian (NJ)
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