{"id":387,"date":"2013-06-17T11:56:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2013-07-07T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T19:26:25","slug":"take-back-this-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/take-back-this-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Back This Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a page all about “Take Back This Town”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read below for credits, the story, and lyrics.<\/p>\n

The players:
\nVC: \u00a0lead vocals, Moserite acoustic guitar, Gibson 335 electric guitar, Tacoma Thunderchief acoustic bass, drum programming; Mike Grow: Telecaster electric lead guitar; and featuring: Amber Lee Baker: harmony & backing vocals, accordion<\/p>\n

The Story:<\/span><\/p>\n

This song dates back to the summer of 1995. I had enforced a self-imposed “no songwriting” rule the previous fall after I had written 7 songs in about 6 weeks while still in LA going to school and became somewhat consumed by them. I had moved back home and begun my first teaching job and focused on that until the following summer when I was working teaching preschool. I was beginning to feel like my old creative self again (although very briefly) and wrote both this song and “I’ll be Dammed” (which my band is currently performing) over the course of two weeks. I had found many years ago that sometimes my songs became prophetic: I didn’t quite know what they meant when I wrote them and then they came true. I tried to take advantage of that by writing this song one lazy afternoon while lounging at Tennessee Cove in Marin. I had fallen so far over the course of the previous two years and I was ready for redemption. Nearly twenty years later and I’m still waiting for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Take Back This Town<\/strong><\/p>\n

I woke up and was eye to I with the sidewalk curb<\/div>\n
How I got there, I don\u2019t know, \u00a0it is all a blur<\/div>\n
Was I drunk or beaten down?<\/div>\n
It doesn\u2019t matter anyhow<\/div>\n
I\u2019m determined more than ever now<\/div>\n
To take back this town<\/div>\n
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Chorus:<\/div>\n
Take back this town<\/div>\n
You can\u2019t keep a good man down<\/div>\n
I have fallen, I know the depths<\/div>\n
Of self destruction and mounting debts<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve made my peace<\/div>\n
Settled up, got a new lease<\/div>\n
I\u2019m ready more than ever now<\/div>\n
To take back this town<\/div>\n
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I looked up and was face to face with a memory<\/div>\n
That summer when I had it all, back in 1983<\/div>\n
Was it luck or just success?<\/div>\n
I don\u2019t know, I must confess<\/div>\n
I reminisced with a wry frown<\/div>\n
About when I had a hold of this town<\/div>\n
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Chorus<\/div>\n
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Sitting here on a windy beach<\/div>\n
I feel the future just out of reach<\/div>\n
Nobody\u2019s gonna kick sand in my face any more<\/div>\n
Getting stronger and self assured<\/div>\n
Better now, I am cured<\/div>\n
Gonna do things like I\u2019ve never done before<\/div>\n
I looked down and was cheek to cheek with my saving grace<\/div>\n
Soaking up every ray of warmth from this sweet embrace<\/div>\n
Is it lust or is it love?<\/div>\n
All I know\u2019s it\u2019s never enough<\/div>\n
Diving in I\u2019ll dare to drown<\/div>\n
While I take back this town<\/div>\n
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Chorus<\/div>\n
VC<\/div>\n
8\/30 & 9\/23\/95<\/div>\n
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