song 117 : Somewhere New (Tacoma Ballet)

This is one of those improvisations that sounds carefully arranged. Great keyboard accents by Diane helped me give a voice to the longing of people who no longer belong where they’ve been too long. Somewhere New is one of the most popular songs on Tacoma Ballet.

I noticed the kids playing across the street. They were mean little muthafuckers but you could understand how they got that way just by looking around.

In this old town boys still walk with sticks and
They try to hit all the dogs and make all the cracks
And they spot for cars at all the bars
And they know every single rock in this town
And they got to go find something new
Before they become the scenery too
They don’t want to sink into the concrete and sand
They want to go somewhere to a far off land

Join a gang or the Army, that was the main choice for a poor kid in Tacoma, from what I could see.

As for the Tacoma Ballet storyline, disc 2 starts with a breakthrough. The heroine has a moment of illumination realizing she can leave; she doesn’t have to stay stuck in one place for life.

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