Name: Waltz Away
Duration: P00H04M10S
Description: Music & Lyrics by Josh Olivier-Mason

Waltz Away

from Drivin' by Mill Town Rounders

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Music & Lyrics by Josh Olivier-Mason

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In the shadow in the valley all the steel mills are closed
No cranes lift no third shift no bells ring out loud
And the houses on the hillside sit empty and foreclosed
While the men sway to the same song with heads low and bowed.

Waltz away, waltz away
There’s no place for you to stay
All the fires have gone cold here in
Western PA
Maybe on one summer day
The blue hearts will have their say
But till then hold you tears in
just turn and waltz away

In the shadow in the valley we kept looking to come back
Gave our coin up to the con-men who told us that it would
Men debated while we waited, our heart upon the wrack
In the end nothing to bend so we sang the best we could

Concrete and barbed wire keep on getting in the way
Of the people that we are and the ones we want to be
For too many years we’ve been turning folks away
With a song and a smile that says nothing comes for free

Till then, hold your tears and turn and waltz away

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from Drivin', released May 16, 2023
Natalie Carotenuto, bass and vocals
John Harper, guitar
Josh Olivier-Mason, vocals and ukelele
Don Shulsinger, banjo
David Walsh, harmonica
Joy Walsh, vocals

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Mill Town Rounders Boston, Massachusetts

The Mill Town Rounders play acoustic rock, bluegrass, and Americana throughout Massachusetts. Drivin' (2023) is the band's second album of originals and features songs about journeys big and small.

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