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At The Shipyard

from Headlong by Larry Hirshberg

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15 letters written by Roscoe Butters
My hometown buddy’s yard sale booty
Left in an attic by Butters’ lover
We didn’t know what a lover was…..

Between the wars, at the shipyard

We’d listen for the whistle, race each other to the gate
If his case was open when you got there you were late
On our Schwinns, Water Street was all downhill
Of his guitar, we never heard our fill…..

Between the wars, at the shipyard

Some folks played and sang where the subway stopped
Others on the corners where the ladies always shopped
Roscoe sang his pictures, played his sorry tales
To the empty workers and their tired lunch pails….

Between the wars, at the shipyard

Now when I go home to see my family and friends
I often wonder why things continue and things end
Of course, they haven’t launched a ship since Saigon fell
And Roscoe’s letters, when you read them seem to spell…

Between the wars, at the shipyard

We didn’t know what a lover was.

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from Headlong, released June 2, 2004
Travis Yost - Drums

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Larry Hirshberg Missoula, montana

The years reveal what the moments are made to conceal.

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