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Truth Or Prophets

from Trailer Tracks by Matt DeHarp

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describes a true story from a small town in north germany.

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Driving down to the dance hall
Small german town
There ain't no truth or prophets
Only tractor tracks in the ground

You know there ain't no jukebox
No, the room stays bare
Just a couple of kids
Standing in the corner:
Heads shaved
And a burning stare

You know, they don't want you here
And they don't give a shit
And they don't read the books,
They just like the outfit.

They didn't study the violence
No, it just came like that:
Get a couple of beers
And take a walk downtown
And watch the good folks run like rats

CHORUS
And it makes them feel good
And it makes them feel strong
And it makes them feel lonely
Then again,
They've always been alone
And it makes them feel bad
And it makes them feel tough
But who really cares how it feels
If it's never enough...

Well, this funny little town
Has got some dark things to hide
Some are burried in the past
Some are just above the rye

You know, there's fear and madness
Most every place you go
Just some folks, they got more than their share
And it just goes to show

Just like poor little Hans-Einrich
Well, he didn't do no wrong:
He was just a little slow,
So they gave him the mail

Then he went from door to door
In this funny old town
'Till they hung him from a tree
With his hands tied in his back
And they said that he did it himself

CHORUS
And it made them (etc)

- instr. -

Well, this funny little town
Doesn't like no strangers
It's a stranger itself
Lost its way over yonder

And it lives in the shadows
And it lives in the rain
And it's got no regrets
And it's got no tomorrows
'Cause it's already dead

And it died from the boredom
And it died from the hate
And it died 'cause we let it
Let it choke on the pain
The pain of being nowhere
And of not being good
And if no-one cares about this town,
I don't see why it should...

CHORUS
And it made us feel good (etc)

- instr. -

END

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from Trailer Tracks, released August 20, 2018

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Matt DeHarp is a wandering frenchman who likes US folk music. Go see him strum his guitar, honk away on his harps and sing you some songs somewhere near you
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