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Southbound 319

from The Longwall by Brian Granse

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Southbound 319 explores feelings of detachment accompanying a return to a place once called home, tracing a character's train ride through a wintery Midwestern landscape.

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It’s white across the flatland,
And the hedge rows are naked.
Rhythm of a steel track,
Southbound 319.

Christmas Eve on a Friday,
December’s on the run.
This land graced by churches,
But I ain’t graced a one.

Back to see my brothers,
Back to stir my blood.
I start feelin’ that itch in my boot,
Well, I guess that’s why I’m gone.

I didn’t mean to forget,
How it all felt as a boy.
But this could be a Dakota,
If it wasn’t Illinois.

All those old traditions,
They got buried in the snow.
I stop myself in a mirror,
From trying to wear my old clothes.

If sentiment is a road map,
Some might say that I’m lost.
If I shed a tear that don’t surprise me,
Well that’s a tear that I don’t want.

credits

from The Longwall, track released September 16, 2022
Words and music by Brian Granse
Lex Browning on violins (parts written and arranged by Brian)
Russ Kleiner on drums
All other instruments are Brian Granse (acoustic guitar, vocals, Rhodes electric piano, piano, bass guitar)
Mixed by Brian Granse
Mastered by Ryan Foster at Foster Mastering in Portland, Oregon

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Brian Granse Portland, Oregon

Brian Granse is a singer and songwriter in Portland, Oregon. He released his first EP,” 0.5,” in 2001, and then Earthrise (2004) and American Nobody (2006). After touring and piecing together construction jobs, Granse performed full-time from 2007- 2010. Granse now teaches beat production, audio engineering, and Social Studies at an alternative high school, producing Hip-Hop with Portland youth. ... more

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