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Elizabeth & Spring

from 'Til the Wheels Fall Off by The Bruce Smith Band

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The summer nuns all standin' in a row
Genuflecting in the shadows of St. Bellisimo's
They've been here a hundred years, they'll be a hundred years hence
Prayin' for sad eyed beggars and wayward presidents

While the penny candy hustlers rifle through the trash
Lookin' for clues of the very recent past
Boys in blue drive by bemused and detached
Knowin' it's always the harmless ones that are easiest to catch

It's Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring
Where false prophets pick the pockets of every livin' thing
I really should be going, but I'd like to hear those Sisters sing
The way they do every Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring

Cindy's door is always open and it's easiest enough to find
Word travels unspoken she don't need to advertise
She knows more than all the preachers and detectives combined
Though confessions ain't originally what she had in mind

It's Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring
Where false prophets pick the pockets of every livin' thing
I really should be going, but I wanna hear those Sisters sing
The way they do every Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring

And may God shine His light on the mighty and the meek
And for all the wonderin' souls on Elizabeth Street

The baker bags his last loaf of bread
For the crazy lady with the flowers in her head
She's his steadiest customer, though she's never paid a cent
His only payment comes upon seein' her again

It's Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring
Where false prophets pick the pockets of every livin' thing
I really should be going, but I gotta hear those Sisters sing
The way they do every Saturday night on Elizabeth & Spring

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from 'Til the Wheels Fall Off, released November 9, 2018

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The Bruce Smith Band Austin, Texas

With music praised by The Washington Post as “powerful folk songs with a conscience” and Performing Songwriter Magazine describing the “lyrics with a unique point of view articulated in a way that’s intelligent and accessible,” Bruce Smith has been rockin’ the Austin music scene for nearly 20 years!


His latest album, 1000 Horses was produced by Grammy winner Randy Caballero.
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