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A short working-class love story Inspired by 70's era Cleveland.
Its both a tribute and a Fuck You to the Rustbelt.

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Were on the wrong side of town
Once again we find ourselves
Just lookin for that something new.

Though some friends got up and left
They hopped some trains out to the west
Im just as fine stayin here with you

As we ramble through the rust
And all this fuckin dust
From the steel mills chimney crown
That is our lighthouse through this town

To guide us through these twisted streets
Illuminated roadside wreaths
the only other lamp I need
is this cigarette between my teeth

And both our mothers were pretty mean
They had no choice, to raise us clean
working third shift as we’d sleep
While our fathers drank with Danny Greene

and what good did it do?
As im sitting here with you
Deep inside that ole’ mainline
As were burnin up this spoon

There is a belt
that runs beneath these streets
a string of blood and sweat
binded by blue collar dreams

There is a hell
right here on mother earth
our rivers are on fire
but there’s iron in our dirt

And Im showing up to work hungover
Pissed off and depressed
wonderin if my life I over
Leaning over that brake press

We've been at the bottom since the beginning
deep down below our souls are singin
a choir that chants a minor key
that wont unlock the door to be freed

Another trip into the salvage yard
Where fortunes ghosts are living large
Stolen steel, some bolts and brass
we’re cashin’ in on West Ends trash

We trudge the heat, steal through the snow
we were beat and all too high to know
any better than pure defeat
we were the athletes of these streets

And we left Cleveland for a reason
Thought we’d try the Pittsburgh seasons
but our luck had never changed
the cold grey comfort stayed the same

and what good did it do
as Im layin’ here with you
another ride along the mainline
staring right back at that moon

credits

from Jesus Made It Beautiful To Haunt Her, released March 14, 2021
Shane LaPorte - Banjo, Drums, Bass, Lap-Steel, Vocals

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Red Label Catharsis Cleveland, Ohio

Northern Gothic. Rustbelt Resonance. Uplifting Minor

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