Shiny Town

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I went to Shiny Town and I didn’t get nothing but a busted boot and a cardboard crown
Climbing up the ladder, it wasn’t that bad, wasn’t that great but hey, Shiny Town

There was a neon sign in a patch of clouds, a big long line, and an iron gate
The sign said welcome but the gate did not
It was guarded by some dudes that looked like John Wayne

When you got up close it wasn’t very shiny
Saw a giant smoke stack hurling up smoke
I asked the guard what the hell is that
He said “No one asks cause no one wants to know”

Everybody had a hat and every hat had a story
The hats did the talking while the folks stood around
It got pretty meta, I mean, who was wearing who?
All these talking hats here in Shiny Town

When the alpha hat speaks, the beta hat listens
The humans they was walking, didn’t have no say
Glazed eyes looking over your shoulder
Waiting for a bigger hat to come their way

And if you didn’t have a hat, then you probably wore a suit
And if you had a suit you swore it wasn’t a suit
The suits worked way up high in that smoke stack
And they swore they were blowing smoke on everybody but you
I went to Shiny Town and I didn’t get nothing but a busted boot and a cardboard crown
Climbing up the ladder, it wasn’t that bad, wasn’t that great but hey, Shiny Town

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from Artvertisement, released August 20, 2021
Produced by Darrin Bradbury & Preston Cochran
Darrin Bradbury: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Chase Ballenger: Drums, Background vocals
Preston Cochran: Bass, Moog Sub37, Piano, Background vocals
Ryan Sobb: Electric Guitar, Background vocals
Kari Pennise, Irakli Gabriel: Background vocals

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Darrin Bradbury

Songster living in East Nashville.

Folk Satirist/No Point Storyteller

Travels Alot.

"Redneck Noir"- No Depression Magazine

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