Watertower Outside Town

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Watertower Outside TownDaydreams perched on the city limitsLovebirds on the old stop lightBroken pinball machine at the Dairy QueenHigh school games on Friday nightSo me n Jane climbed that ladderShared milkshakes and looked downAll the folks below, were free pictures showsFrom the watertower outside townThere were young punks racin’ hotrodsOn the half mile track called “Main”One eyed Charlie shootin’ coyotesFrom his old crop dustin’ planeBuses passed the Falstaff billboardJane wondered where they boundCos somehow my girl, saw the whole wide worldFrom the watertower outside townWell, I climbed up there alone one August nightSaw one lonesome lovebird on that swayin’ stoplightAs the light turned green for a midnight GreyhoundMy tears said goodbye from the watertower outside townNow I don’t mind I’m not moreThan just a small town guyThe neighbors I love are a world big enoughTo fill my simple eyeBut some nights I climb that ladderSip a milkshake and look outAnd my poor heart sees, those old memoriesFrom the watertower outside town©2007 Robert George