A New, Nameless Beach Town

from The Duck Hunter by Bill Foreman

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I had a board. I had a red car.
I kept a place inside the neighborhood bar.
But last Tuesday, I took it too far
And I'lll relate it straight away.
Bring to mind a wood floor and blaring baseball games.
Feel the coursing of booze in your blood veins.
Then you'll have sensed my condition of brain
Which stretched out all that long night.

My eyes looked around.
I'd come to inside the strangest of places.
A new, nameless beach town
With a truckload of unfamiliar faces.

Despite calls from the crowd and a bill to pay,
I resolved to call that long night a done day.
I was sure I'd stumble off the right way
While the moon shined behind me.
As I recalled an old dream filled with moss hills
And the scent of the sea reached my nostrils
My feet traveled by their own random will
And my memory went dim.

My eyes looked around.
I'd come to inside the strangest of places.
A new, nameless beach town
With a truckload of unfamiliar faces.

With my five-day old beard and my bare feet
And my skin getting burned in this dry heat,
I've since stopped trying to remember that street
Which I traveled that long night.
Now I'm off to the brush on that hillside.
I'll chase the rabbits and I'll steal their hides.
By the night I'll hear the incoming tide
Which breaks off in the distance.

My eyes looked around.
I'd come to inside the strangest of places.
A new, nameless beach town
With a truckload of unfamiliar faces.

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from The Duck Hunter, released January 1, 1998

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Bill Foreman Los Angeles, California

Bill began developing his approach to song and recording in 1986. Bill recorded his first solo album, "The Bathroom Mirror," in 1997 on a portable Walkman recorder. In December, 2015, Bill released “Funeral Hymns and Outlaw Ballads,” a compilation of his work. Bill’s most recent record, “The Bliss-Chasers,” came out in August, 2016. ... more

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