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Bordertown

from Highways and Stars by Brandon Mullis

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lyrics

There’s a place in a Texas border town
Way up on a hill by the stars
Where the firebrush grows
And the spirits don't care who you are

Where the ruins of old times linger
In the moonlight of yesterday
And we dance while the echo
Of a long-gone jug band plays

There's drifters and trail-worn outlaws
From every which way the wind blows
They all seem to know the way
When it's their turn to go

When it comes at last
You wanna get there fast
Only trouble's you don't know the way
But by the time you learn
Then all the daylight's burned
And you're thinking you might as well stay

The eyes of today can't see you
And you go whenever you want
Where the poets and soldiers and preachers
And farmhands haunt

Waylon's here lookin' for Jessi
To go dancin' to old Bob Wills
And Billy just rolled in
On a fast train from the Georgia hills

And the times, they ain't a-changin'
So come and sit for a spell
Where you know every stranger
And there ain't no souls left to sell

And when the sun goes down
They're gonna rock this town
Playin' cards, raisin' hell all night
But then if you or me
Head on up there we'll see
Nothin' but ruins and dust in sight

There's a place in a Texas border town
Where the trail only takes you so far
And the long lost souls
Come to drift on the sea of the those stars

So grab a bottle and lean a while
Hunker down with the boys outside
'Cause when the sun chases off those shadows
Once again we'll ride

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from Highways and Stars, released March 11, 2022

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Brandon Mullis Augusta, Georgia

I'm a primarily acoustic singer/songwriter who's been writing lyrical folk/Americana music for more than 20 years. I play all over the eastern USA, and my influences range from Neil Young to Alice in Chains to Jason Isbell to David Allan Coe. I love good melodies and heartfelt stories, and I try to pass along the best ones I can.

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