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The Road to Fivemiletown
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Singer/Songwriter
The Road to Fivemiletown was released on March 21, 2022 by Dozens of Cousins as a part of the album Emperor
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AlbumEmperor
Release DateMarch 21, 2022
LabelDozens of Cousins
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM84

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Anthony Toner
Anthony Toner
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anthony Toner
Anthony Toner
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Clive Culbertson
Clive Culbertson
Producer

Lyrics

The Road to Fivemiletown
She was the youngest of four daughters,
And she married way too fast,
In the days when vows were iron -
And you had to make them last.
But her father was a bruiser,
And he bruised them twice a week.
She couldn’t live the life her mother had,
And turn the other cheek.
So when she turned sixteen, she started counting off the days
- til she could find herself a husband, and finally get away.
He was a farmer with big farmer’s hands,
And she met him at a dance.
She set her sights upon him,
And he never stood a chance.
She thought the price of being choosy
Was to live upon the shelf,
And she thought he’d do the job
As well as anybody else.
And when they both stood at the altar, he said he’d never let her down -
He had a farm and forty acres, either side of the road to Fivemiletown.
That first year the river burst its banks,
And half the countryside was drowned.
All the food that he had planted
Lay and rotted in the ground.
He’d come home at night exhausted,
And lie dead between the sheets,
And she’d lie all night and listen to
The roaring of the beasts,
And it was dark - as dark as being lost and never found.
You wouldn’t even know your eyes were closed or open on the road to Fivemiletown.
Once upon a time she thought the world
Would be hers to wrap her arms around.
Now she makes the bed, and lies back down.
She drew a disappearing heart, when there was no-one else around,
On a steamed-up kitchen window - looking out on the road to Fivemiletown.
Written by: Anthony Toner
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