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I am curious to know where the line "there ain't no future in it" came from.


I wish I could honestly claim some precognition, but this line I added in my recent rewrite. The idea being that there is no future in running or riding.
I was also looking for a "singable" refrain for the chorus - you'll notice that there are a couple of voices speaking/singing the refrain.

Thanks for telling me about how the song evoked your personal thoughts.
By the way, those lines near my old home are now 4 lane blacktops.

Good to hear from you. Ian



Words in songs serve different purposes to different composers. Sometimes they are chosen like poetry to convey a thought in the most picturesque way.. sometimes they are chosen because they rhyme, or the cadence fits... sometimes they are chosen for comparison and contrast... sometimes they are chosen to obfuscate the meaning so the listener has to participate in the interpretation instead of just listening passively. I was sort of curious to hear what your intent was, because your choice of words served the purpose of evoking a long forgotten memory in the back of my mind. If you can do that with your songs, that is a very cool thing to do. And if you can learn how to do it consistently, wow.

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