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WSP 093 Stuck in Asheville

from Weekly Song Project v1 by Jonathan Burks

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This song was originally called, "The Night I Learned To Clog". I changed the title to clarify that the song is set in "Asheville" and not "Nashville". It sounds like I'm saying "Nashville" but I've never been there.

When I was 22 I quit my job on a whim and got a one-way ticket to Asheville, NC. I had enough money for a roundtrip ticket to someplace close or a one-way ticket somewhere a bit further. A friend had just moved to Asheville so I thought I'd check it out, figuring I would have a place to stay. She was surprised but not thrilled to see me so I stayed a night or two and left, planning to hitch-hike back to Milwaukee. I made my way to a highway ramp but it started raining and nobody was picking me up, so I walked back into town and stopped at the first bar I saw.

(insert song narrative)

The next day I made a second attempt at hitching out of town. Over the next two weeks I got rides from 17 different people and only made it to Kentucky. I had to ask my ex-girlfriend to wire me money for a bus ticket to get me the rest of the way home.

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I was stuck down in Asheville
and I didn't have a place to stay
I was walking around looking for a bridge to keep me dry from the rain
I was feeling frustrated my back and feet were sore
just then I heard some bluegrass music coming through an open door
I didn't have much money but I bought a beer anyway
and all my troubles were soothed as them fiddles played
just then a friend walked in, one I never met before
but I knew she was a friend of mine by the way she walked across the floor
she sat down next to me and ordered a drink from the bar
I was snacking on complementary trail mix, glad to be in from the rain
we struck up a little conversation about this and that, the weather and such
I was contemplating my strange and pleasant sudden change of luck
she said "I love dancing”
I said "I do too”
she said "it's my mission in life”
I said "mine too”
she said "must be your destiny to dance with me tonight”
I blushed in the face, I was a little bit nervous and it was alright
I saw her watching the band and her feet started to move
I saw the way she could hardly contain herself without busting loose
she asked me if I knew how to clog
I said "no I never heard that move”
all you do is STOMP YOUR FEET
honey there aint no rules
all you do is STOMP YOUR FEET
honey there aint no rules
I went outside to smoke a cigarette and get up some nerve
and when I came back into the place
I was dancing with her
we were dancing together, not exactly in a romantic way
more like two Jedi Knights on a mission from outer space
everybody else in the room was still and stiff as a board
but we were having so much fun soon it spread like butter getting warm
a few funloving gyrations can spread some good vibrations
and pretty soon everybody in the room had the boogaloo flu and they got up to groove
I looked at her, she looked at me
gave here a high five as she said to me
BOY you know how to clog, who you fooling

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from Weekly Song Project v1, released September 1, 2014
recorded by Colin Gagon at Herzog

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