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A Girl Named Joy

from neighborpoem by Hugh Trimble

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A mournful but uplifting acoustic ballad dedicated to Jan Palach (1948-1969)

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So the river you started for
the river you plot the course
Ainʼt the river you know
So the coming youʼre waiting for
Hoping and praying for
donʼt look like home

Sold but is it gone?

So the ladies all laid in stone
The poets trade word for guns
and they take to the road
So Babyʼs all left alone
singing her angel songs
To the ghosts of dawn

Sold but are you gone?

Boy youʼre burning out in the square
look at you standing there
does she look like she should?
he sayʼs “Hope, Iʼm losing without a care,
Iʼve done and gone up the stairs
quit the city for good”

Sold but is it gone?

Joy, sheʼs wearing her mamaʼs pearls
Daring the boys and girls
on past the wall
She says “oh, itʼs waking up all the world”
I said, “I guess Iʼll be calling toward east after all”

Sold but are you gone?

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from neighborpoem, released January 1, 2012
Written and performed by Hugh Trimble, featuring Jordan Miller (percussion) and Sam Swan (strings)

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Hugh Trimble Nashville, Tennessee

Hugh Trimble is a folk songwriter and storyteller based in Nashville, Tennessee. Born in Eastern Europe to American journalists, his career as a musician began as a New York City busker. His style has driven comparisons to the folk heavyweights of the 60s, but critics have lauded a voice that reinvents (rather than recalls) the genre. Hugh goes electric in his newest project, THE ATOMIC RANCH BAND ... more

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