Name: Nothing Good Ever Came Around
Duration: P00H05M02S
Description: This tune was originally inspired by my travels. I've seen lots of places with all kinds of people. It's about that town that used to be. The one that everybody gave up on. It's a ghost of a place. But it's really about a dark place, both figuratively and physically. "Nothing good ever came around" eludes to this idea there is no beauty inherently within.

Nothing Good Ever Came Around

from Abilene by Chris Beall

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This tune was originally inspired by my travels. I've seen lots of places with all kinds of people. It's about that town that used to be. The one that everybody gave up on. It's a ghost of a place. But it's really about a dark place, both figuratively and physically. "Nothing good ever came around" eludes to this idea there is no beauty inherently within.

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The paper said, “150 miles from anywhere”.
And in their own way in a nowhere town
The townsfolk talked without sayin' a word.
And nothin' good ever came around.

Over the hills of Waggoner soared the highway.
There was a new west but it's old now.
Somethin' else called the townsfolk away
Whispered “Nothing good will come around.”

We used to have our own downtown.
We used to have our own things to do.
But nothing good ever came around
So it's off to the city and the promise of something new

Railway steel rumblin' down the line;
Sky above is dark and gray.
Just a thin line of light on the horizon
And the Iron Horse pullin' away.

We used to have our own downtown.
We used to have our own things to do.
But nothing good ever came around
Empty the streets; board-up the windows on the avenue.

We used to have our neighbors and friends.
We used to have our own things to do.
These empty streets and the boarded-up old windows
Left us nothin'; nothin' but me and you.

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from Abilene, released June 28, 2021
written by Chris Beall Beallstreet/SESAC

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Chris Beall Austin, Texas

Chris Beall is a singer/songwriter/producer/guitarist who's albums have been featured on numerous Americana radio/music charts. He is a member of the well-established South Austin Moonlighters whose album “Travel Light” went to #1 on the Alternative Country Roots Radio Report in 2019 and reached #61 on the national Americana radio chart. ... more

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