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Moment After Dawn

from Pictures of the Highway by Marc Black

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My family's first road trip. Oy veh!

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my dad put his foot on the accelerator,
in his blue, low top sneaker,
like abraham answering the call,
in his '55 studebaker.

He had the whole family in that car that day
3 kids and a southern song
it was a roadtrip for the ages to the
the moment after dawn

this highway was our church
blow away all your sins
just roll down the window
breathe america in

To florida, my dad said with pride
we're goin' to an alligator farm
And we hurtled down route 1 to the
the moment after dawn

CHORUS 1
the moment after dawn
the sun shines strong
everybody so turned on
the moment after dawn

me in the back seat
flat top, butch wax too
my big sister punched me hard
and i punched her back, that's all true

my dad yelled at both of us
while he kept on drivin' on
he turned and said 'you kids, behave
till the moment after dawn'

CHORUS 2:
the moment after dawn
when the sun shines strong
then you'll be free to run
the moment after dawn

I looked out of the window
tar paper shacks roll by
spanish moss hung from the trees
and the blue gray georgia sky

my disney mind just froze
thought i'd better do somethin' dumb
so i punched myself while pickin' my nose
and choked on my bubble gum

so we rushed to the hospital
everyone screemin' in the car
'cept me, i was barely breathin'
luckily it wasn't far

the doctor asked me what happened
of course, i couldn't say a word
he said i hear that all the time
and he smacked my back, thank the lord

we got back on the highway
readin' solid and broken lines
it's a morse code of the soul that says
just leave it all behind

studebaker, do not fail us
alligators here we come
it's a road trip for the ages
to the moment after dawn.

CHORUS 3:
the moment after dawn
when the sun shines strong
broken hearts long gone
the moment after dawn

the moment after dawn
when the sun shines strong
everybody will roll on
the moment after dawn

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from Pictures of the Highway, released February 18, 2021
Jay Bellerose, Jennifer Condos, Don Davis, Mark Goldenberg

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Marc Black Katonah, New York

Marc plays a finger style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and the great Tim Hardin. Right up to Covid, he was a proud road warrior, inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. As WFUV DJ, John Platt wrote about Marc. "We need to hear his songs now more than ever." ... more

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