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Still Burning

from Rings Around Saturn by Marion Halliday

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The 1962 coal-mine fire in Centralia PA, which still burns today and may for another 500 years, rendered the town uninhabitable. With this starting point, the song becomes a metaphor for the destruction of opioid addiction.

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V1-There’s a town where the pavement burns
and sulphur rises up from the ground.
No one lives there anymore,
all the houses have been torn down.
It started a long time ago-
a match and some trash down a coal-mining hole.
Now there's no returning, while the fire's still burning.

V2-My life's a lot like that ghost-town,
something slipped the rails in my teens.
Pot and addy's with my friends,
led to bigger not better things.
I went wrong a long time ago-
a match and some hash then down the junkie's hole-
Now there's no returning while the fire's still burning.

Br-I aint seen my daughter since '08;
they say her daddy has gone straight.
Sometimes I think what might have been,
but that just gets my eyes burning.

V3-They closed the clinic by the park,
now I have to work to get a fix.
Not much joy in this life
when all there is is doing tricks.
I gave up a long time ago-
no match for the smack, can't climb out of this hole.
Now there's no returning while the fire's still burning.

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from Rings Around Saturn, released July 1, 2019
Marion Halliday (Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals), Jane Halliday (Fiddle), Jim Salamone (Drums, Percussion, Bass, Electric Guitar), Dave Mowry (Slide Guitar)

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Marion Halliday Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Songwriter Marion Halliday is proud purveyor of her own special blend of bluegrass and bourbon-infused original women- powered, Americana. Marion, a Kentucky native, now living in Philly, writes on a range of contemporary as well as historical topics. Marion plays solo as well as with her band, Trickster Sister, comprised of Jane Halliday on fiddle and Donna Bostock on bass. ... more

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