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Back to Boston

from Red Letter Day by Lorne Entress

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Words and Music by Lorne Entress,
Entress Music, BMI
Guest vocalists: Freedy Johnston, Lori McKenna, Kevin Barry, Christine Ohlman, Mark Erelli, and Tracy Grammar.

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He packed his lunch and he headed out
before the break of day
Drivin’ down I-84
he cried the whole damn way
He didn’t know just where to go
but he’s never goin’ back
back to Boston, Massachusetts

And when the sun was way past down
he found a place to drink
A crusty bar in an inlet town
to find some time to think
But thinking’s not what you do
in this old crumbled shack
there in Camden, Carolina

So he rambled from town to town
till they all felt the same
Highway sounds and serpent mounds
could not break the shame
It’s not something that he did
but something he could not do
back in Boston, Massachusetts

He lost his wallet in a dream
and woke up to find it gone
And there along with his self-esteem
his bank account was drawn
So he drove on to the coast
to give it one last try
Costa Mesa, California

He took a job and he found a room
above the laundromat
It had a soapy air perfume
but he grew fond of that
And fonder still of the quiet nights
that feed that famous sun
down in Southern California

A straight shot down to Newport Beach
Juanita sang “Fun Fun Fun”
Laughing at the high notes he could not reach
and soon they had a son
A love as big as the western sky
but still sometimes he’d cry
there in sunny California

One Sunday morning on his ipad screen
an old flame reappeared
Holding a baby in a room he’d been
she held him oh so dear
So many tries and he realized
she’d never given up
back in Boston, Massachusetts

He held Juanita with the hope to find
the courage that he lacked
He said he hoped that she wouldn’t mind
and by Friday he’d be back
Searching for words in the open sky
written as he flies
back to Boston, Massachusetts

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from Red Letter Day, released July 19, 2021
Vocalists (in order of appearance) Lorne Entress, Freedy Johnston, Lori McKenna, Kevin Barry, Christine Ohlman, Mark Erelli, Tracy Grammer. Lorne Entress - acoustic guitar, pocket piano, snare drum. Kevin Barry - pedal steel guitar. Sam Kassirer - Hammond organ, felt piano. Produced, recorded and mixed by Lorne Entress at Harmony St.

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Lorne Entress Hartford, Connecticut

After decades of producing many artists I've released my own record. With little fanfare and a modest budget I hid away in my studio in Tolland Connecticut tracking songs. Most began with a single line of verse and grew from there. In addition to American roots influences the ringing harmonies of 70s British rock pushed to the surface and I didn’t push back. ... more

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