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Nothing Gold Can Stay

from Book of Life by Brian Blake

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lyrics

What’s become of my hometown, everything on Main is closing down, and Phil the barber he’s dead and gone
And as the sun is setting on the courthouse steps, looking back I have no regrets, but when I’m here I feel all alone
So I make my way to the Methodist church, and that stained glass don’t do nothing but hurt, and it cuts me because they don’t even know my name
And as I step out in the light of this cool autumn night, I realize nothing gold can stay

And if you drive east on Highway 90 it’s where you’ll find it, it was the jewel of the Trinity
But now all that remains is my love of the name, and memories of being free
I was a free without a past, but my freedom didn’t last
Nothing gold can stay

Grandpa, he’s been gone now hard to believe it’s been twenty years, and every day I still miss him so
Then last year we had to sell off the family home, how I cried when it was time to go
And Daddy he packed up his bags and headed west to San Francisco. He said son, I just have to get away
And as I step out in the light of this cool autumn night, I realize nothing gold can stay

Sometimes I think of how I can never really go back home, but then I just shake it off with a smile
Because I can close my eyes, and I can see that lonesome train rolling, cutting straight through my little town
And all the endless games of 42, the world’s best damn bar-b-que, my family gathered round at Christmas time
I remember all the people and the places and the sights and the faces and the things that we used to do
Yeah, they’re all right there in my mind. I said, Liberty’s always on my mind

And if you drive east on Highway 90, that’s where you’ll find it, it was the jewel of the Trinity
But now that all that remains is my love of the name, and memories of being free
I was free without a past, but my freedom didn’t last
Nothing gold can stay

Nothing gold can stay, lord
Nothing gold can stay
Nothing gold can stay

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from Book of Life, released November 18, 2022
Words and music by Brian Blake (BMI) © 2022, HWY90 Music
Produced by Walt Wilkins & Ron Flynt
Recorded & mixed by Ron Flynt at Jumping Dog Studio / Austin, Texas
Mastered by Jerry Tubb, Terra Nova Mastering / Austin, Texas

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Brian Blake Memphis, Tennessee

Brian Blake is an award-winning songwriter based in Memphis, TN.

His debut album, Book of Life, was released in November 2022 , and was produced by Walt Wilkins and Ron Flynt.

In 2021, Brian was named Songwriter of the Year by the Memphis Songwriters Association. ... more

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