"Lost & Found - Another Great Depression"

Dusty Americana folk-blues: Melancholic, acoustic guitar Awayward fingerpicking meets mournful harmonica, subtle upright bass pulse, sparse brushed snare, breathy sighs, heartfelt, historical soul

V3.5

[Intro: Solo acoustic guitar opens with sparse picking.]:

[Verse: Light harmonica licks between vocal lines., Guitar and upright bass stride.]:
Somewhere in America
Broke and hungry on a sidewalk
They all come out to see
When they see me in the evening
By the lamplight softly gleaming
I'm out there selling apples three for a dime
Yeah I'm the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine

[Prechorus]
I'm looking out the window
Of my seven-seater van
I can see it in the streetlight
There goes another one again

[Chorus]:
Oh Lord (Oh Lord)
Oh Lord (Oh Lord)
I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine
Another Great Depression
Another family gone
Another Great Depression
Another singalong
Another Great Depression
Another family's gone
Another Great Depression
Another singalong
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[Verse 2]:
One day they all came to me
Said the work is done
And it was time to leave
Said there ain't no work for me
So I packed my things
Said goodbye to Mom and Dad
Got on a train that left my heart so sad
I'm headed out west
I'm gonna make a new life
And get a job in the factory
That's what they told me
Yeah I'm the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine

[Prechorus]
I'm looking out the window
Of my seven-seater van
I can see it in the streetlight
There goes another one again

[Bridge:Strings join,lonely cello enters.Harmonica retreats;]:
All the silver and the gold
And the air conditioner's cold
In the house I used to own
Somebody else lives there now
And the grass is overgrown
In the neighborhood I'm from
There's no blood left in the stone
And no people left in town
And when I get back to the East Coast
I'll make enough money
Gonna buy me a boat
But there ain't no water in the world to drown this pain
No
No
I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine

[Verse 3: Returns to guitar & bass.]:
You can read it in the news
Every house is up for sale
They're getting out of there
For somewhere they can raise their kids
So they do it for the move
Or they do it for the weather
Or they're leaving just because
But they all say the same thing
That it's not what it once was
It's just not what it once was

[Chorus: build subtly with strings.]:
Oh Lord (Oh Lord)
Oh Lord (Oh Lord)
I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine
Another Great Depression
Another family gone
Another Great Depression
Another singalong
Another Great Depression
Another family's gone
Another Great Depression
Another singalong
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
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[Outro]:
[Fade with guitar, disappearing harmonica, echoing “Oh Lord” softly.]

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[Intro: Solo acoustic guitar opens with sparse picking.]: [Verse: Light harmonica licks between vocal lines., Guitar and upright bass stride.]: Somewhere in America Broke and hungry on a sidewalk They all come out to see When they see me in the evening By the lamplight softly gleaming I'm out there selling apples three for a dime Yeah I'm the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine [Prechorus] I'm looking out the window Of my seven-seater van I can see it in the streetlight There goes another one again [Chorus]: Oh Lord (Oh Lord) Oh Lord (Oh Lord) I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine Another Great Depression Another family gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Another Great Depression Another family's gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh [Verse 2]: One day they all came to me Said the work is done And it was time to leave Said there ain't no work for me So I packed my things Said goodbye to Mom and Dad Got on a train that left my heart so sad I'm headed out west I'm gonna make a new life And get a job in the factory That's what they told me Yeah I'm the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine [Prechorus] I'm looking out the window Of my seven-seater van I can see it in the streetlight There goes another one again [Chorus]: Oh Lord (Oh Lord) Oh Lord (Oh Lord) I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine Another Great Depression Another family gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Another Great Depression Another family's gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh [Bridge:Strings join,lonely cello enters.Harmonica retreats;]: All the silver and the gold And the air conditioner's cold In the house I used to own Somebody else lives there now And the grass is overgrown In the neighborhood I'm from There's no blood left in the stone And no people left in town And when I get back to the East Coast I'll make enough money Gonna buy me a boat But there ain't no water in the world to drown this pain No No I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine [Verse 3: Returns to guitar & bass.]: You can read it in the news Every house is up for sale They're getting out of there For somewhere they can raise their kids So they do it for the move Or they do it for the weather Or they're leaving just because But they all say the same thing That it's not what it once was It's just not what it once was [Chorus: build subtly with strings.]: Oh Lord (Oh Lord) Oh Lord (Oh Lord) I am the great forgotten depression of nineteen twenty-nine Another Great Depression Another family gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Another Great Depression Another family's gone Another Great Depression Another singalong Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh [Outro]: [Fade with guitar, disappearing harmonica, echoing “Oh Lord” softly.]

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