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Nick Work - All Kinds

from SpinTunes #16 Round 1 by Spintunes

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My entry for the round one challenge is a song entitled "All Kinds." It is based on the 1973 Terrence Malick film "Badlands" starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek about a young man who kills the father of his girlfriend before absconding with her on a crime spree across the South Dakota Badlands.

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I remember when this whole thing started
wasn't such a long time ago
you were young and feeling brokenhearted
never knowing which way to go

your papa never cared for us together
said he didn't want to see me 'round
heart was beating like a 9lb hammer
pulled the trigger and i shot him down

it takes all kinds

found a toaster in a burned down building
don't know why i carry it around
like a birdcage in an empty dumpster
pick it up and then I put it back down

setting roadblocks all along highway
on account of these people I killed
I know we're really gonna make it there someday
somewhere out far across those hills

it takes all kinds

dancing in the headlights to Nat King Cole
playing on the radio soft and low
when they gonna catch us baby I don't know
might be today but it could be tomorrow

it takes all kinds

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from SpinTunes #16 Round 1, released February 2, 2020
lyrics and music by Nick Work

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