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belast

from Everything by Elam Blackman

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if you're going to knoxville
say hello to the people there
from foster hollow up
to mechanicsville

cornelia my old street
my old neighbor southern belle
when bill died the iris
and poppies bloomed quite well

and i ain't going back there
unless i am called
there there the time has passed
be still my southern soul

think kindly of me old friends
though i am out of touch
and i'll do the same for you
and i love you very much

took me in from hard times
listened to me wail
placed a meal before me
said only time can tell

sometimes i miss your faces
and the way you make sounds
and how you cut back the weeds
but you'll never cut them down

knoxville my old town
mostly people driving through
from broadway gay or central
you can have yourself a look

and i ain't going back there
unless i am called
there there the time has passed
be still my southern soul

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from Everything, released December 26, 2019

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Elam Blackman Vallejo, California

Elam Blackman was born in the front yard. Red dirt roads. A cottonwood. His parents were/ may still be hippies. Some days nothing happens. Elam writes songs. Elam talks in the third person for bios. Do you like bios? Elam is shy at times and when he gets to know you he might tell a joke or two. For less bio and more music stop by on the world wide web of the internet. ... more

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