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Market Square

from Halfway To Infinity by Wayne Francis

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Following the river southward
There beside the old abandoned line
Freight trains roll as engineers would
Pound along the bottomland in vain to run on time
Sometimes in the darkness of a late night on the road
You still can feel it running side by side, its mighty load
Now reeds and rushes grow

The train gets to the station
Market Square is silent waiting for the sun
The boys are home from overseas
Now mothers sleep and lovers feel the joy of what's begun
Out beyond the shuttle yard, the brakeman passes by
Checks his pocket for the time another day will rise
A newborn baby cries, and the years have learned to fly

The night is streaked with neon light, the sky's betrayed for miles
The dealers and the needy vie for space out among the aisles
Don't take your love to Market Square, you'll surely be received
Into the arms of emptiness where youth is never retrieved

The headlights pass to mark the time, the weeks turning into years
The seasons change unnoticed, mirages come and then disappear
Don't take your love to Market Square, where shadows are drawing the lines
Between the home that waits for you and the contact you're looking to find

Don't take your love to Market Square, the darkness and the cold
Springtime's cadence marches on but the roses never unfold

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from Halfway To Infinity, released October 27, 2022

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Wayne Francis Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Wayne Francis, is an East Coast singer-songwriter who has been active writing, playing and performing music since the 1970’s.

Over the years Wayne has recorded many demos of his original material, the results which have been widely circulated, gaining very positive reviews and generating cover recordings in Canada and the US.. ... more

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