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Heaven, Hell, and Rockaway (Coda)

from Heaven, Hell, and Rockaway by Thomas Clarke

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This was recorded to be a conclusion to the album. It re-addresses some of the themes from 1099 and some flashbacks to the dance, jazz, and rock sounds featured in the other tracks. Ironically, I ended up moving to Texas 2 weeks after this was released to Soundcloud and moved back to Colorado 5 months after it was released. The "flooded shores" line refers to Rockaway after Sandy. The "burning mountains" line refers to Colorado Springs after the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire and 2013 Black Forest fire.

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Is there any such thing as joy anymore?
Help Me to find my way
From the burning mountains to the flooded shores
is there any such place as home anymore?

Trapped somewhere between Heaven, Hell, and Rockaway
between what's left of America and Europe
somewhere where the poor are getting poorer
the Faith is under attack
what used to be wrong is now right
and what used to be right is now not welcome

Somewhere in Rockaway
the pigeons, seagulls, and piping plovers are fighting over food at the shore
and the plovers are holding up the new Boardwalk until 2017! politicians are fighting over monetary food over how progressive they can be
when they're really regressive
who says someone being pro-life and wanting to defend oneself has no business being in New York?
Maybe Cuomo, DeBlasio, and their ACORN and jackass buddies should leave New York instead!
I'm to poor to live here comfortably............
Stuck somewhere between Heaven, Hell, and Rockaway
and maybe somewhere between Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Texas if things don't work out here......
Who said I had to stick to one style?

Who said I had to leave things the way they were?
It's a brave but messed up new world and I'm trying to adapt

credits

from Heaven, Hell, and Rockaway, track released January 30, 2014
composed, written, and produced by Thomas Clarke in Rockaway Park, NY in January 2014.

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Thomas Clarke Colorado Springs, Colorado

Thomas Clarke was born in Abilene, TX, and raised in Colorado Springs. In the early 1990s, he first met producer Steve Peak (Speak Online), who introduced him to songwriting. He attended Brooklyn College in the late 1990s. He was one of the co-stars and contributed music to a 2014 art production about homelessness in Austin called “Am I Invisible”. ... more

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