Before the War

from Pipeline! on WMBR 88.1FM by The Family Township

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The fall that I turned 21 I saw the world through setting suns
I felt as though I’d been to war, I drank and fought and woke up sore
I never in a hundred dreams thought I’d find you in that bar light gleam
I’d never felt like this before, the way before the war

To the only one, I lay down my gun
But I would fight you, if you ask me to

Army boots of canvas shoes, denim jacket of faded blue
I lived to serve and I served to live and I tried to earn what I couldn't give
But darkness came before my door and he seemed so weak and weathered worn
And I never would now feel before the way before the war

To the only one, I lay down my gun
But I would fight you, if you ask me to
To live a hundred years is an aging dream
But I would die for you to remain in youth

I feel the weight of 34 and the broken hearts all left on shore
I swear I cried as I walked away, my tears in mists of surf and spray
But I hear you call in winter blue and my oath to you burns true
I will always serve forever more for our love before the war

To the only one, I lay down my gun
But I would fight you, if you ask me to
To live a hundred years is an aging dream
But I would die for you
To be forever remembered in youth

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from Pipeline! on WMBR 88.1FM, released September 4, 2020
Music by The Family Township
Lyrics by Marc Pinansky

Recorded live on-air on "Pipeline! with Jeff Breeze" on WMBR, 88.1FM in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016.

Engineered and mixed on-air by Michael Reed
Remixed and mastered by The Family Township

RUNNER'S HIGH MUSIC 2017 (ASCAP)

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The Family Township Boston, Massachusetts

Township, AKA The Family Township, has been making their Boston-bred brand of classic rock inspired music for nearly 2 decades. As the years and albums have progressed, Township's music has evolved, infusing itself with greater urgency, immediacy, and existential rumination; mirroring these days rather than “those days.” ... more

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