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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Shadowville Speedway / Will Dockery & Henry Conley
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 17:50:09 +0000
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Victor H. wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>> Zod wrote:
>
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>>> "Shadowville Speedway" / Will Dockery (words) & Henry Conley (music)
>>>>> comments and scrutiny welcomed, as always.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery/song/8798172-shadowville-speedway--will-dockery
>>>>>
>>>>> Shadowville Speedway
>>>>>
>>>>> In a taxi watching a sporting house
>>>>> Beside a Linwood vacant lot
>>>>> Silverdollar moon portspotting
>>>>> Constellation like a sailor's knot.
>>>>>
>>>>> The sky was black
>>>>> ink and glitter in the night
>>>>> Train whine saxophone
>>>>> out beyond the light.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm in love with a ghost
>>>>> blue turns to grey
>>>>> Put a pyramid on my head
>>>>> to take my pain away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shadowville, Shadowville Speedway
>>>>> Riding slow down a one way street.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brown Recluse magic
>>>>> drifting around the shed
>>>>> Someone has it in for me
>>>>> I must not lose my head.
>>>>>
>>>>> Moving with the speedo life
>>>>> several with me left behind
>>>>> Burned too many bridges
>>>>> defragmented my time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Somewhere in time
>>>>> I've seen all this before
>>>>> In a magazine or a dream
>>>>> of a distant war.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shadowville, Shadowville Speedway
>>>>> Riding slow down a one way street.
>>>>>
>>>>> Manifested destiny
>>>>> a manifesto and a part
>>>>> All the actors still agree
>>>>> that ever had a heart.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hazel knew the karma
>>>>> she kept it in a bottle
>>>>> Black tooth mojo
>>>>> marked index cards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bundles over the side
>>>>> of Dillingham Bridge
>>>>> Splashing as ripples
>>>>> reflect from the stars.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shadowville, Shadowville Speedway
>>>>> Riding slow down a one way street
>>>>> Shadowville, Shadowville Speedway
>>>>> Don't look back, don't admit defeat.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Will Dockery
>
> An all time classic from you and Henry Conley...
> Right on man.... right on...!!

Good afternoon, thanks again.