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Abilene

from Bedroom Demos by Kate Klim

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This year, I had several songs commissioned by fans (contact me if you're interested!). This was the first, commissioned by Terry H., who wanted a song about his hometown of Abilene, TX.

It was great looking at the history of the town, reading through Terry's own stories, and coming up with this. Enjoy!

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Abilene

Kate Klim



They made us learn the history in school
How this was just a patch of land before the railroad tracks came through
And they would stop here as they made their way out west
Now the trains don't come so often but the people never left

Growing up, our street was the last on the edge of the town
And we would run along that tree line until the Texas sun went down
If we were lucky, a plane from the base would pass them by
And we would watch them fly, we would watch them fly

Sometimes the summers got so hot they'd melt the blacktop
Little houses made a patchwork quilt of green
And it hits me every time I cross a train track
How every road still leads me back to abilene

Abilene, Abilene

The air force guys got to live on the base for free
So they would spend their cash on cars, and they would cruise them up the street
And it's been years but oh I've got my fast car now
And when I come back home I drive through every street in town

And the winters never bring us that much snow fall
But we made an art of hanging lights up in the trees
And it hits me every time some house is lit up like an airport
How every road still leads me back to Abilene

Abilene, Abilene
And they'll never close down the paramount
But there's a thrift store, where the Metro theater was
For every thing here that changes
There's something else that never does

In Abilene

They say that everything is bigger up in Dallas
New construction with some highways in between
And I guess you'd say that's where I make my home now
But by home that all depends on what you mean

'Cause every road still leads me back, every road still leads me back
to Abilene, Abilene, Abilene

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from Bedroom Demos, track released August 8, 2012

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