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You Can't Go Home Again

from The Simple Son by Chaim Bezalel

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Summoning up my earliest memories. The title taken from the novel by Thomas Wolfe.

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I was born in New York City, 1949
Near Kingsbridge Station on the IRT line
I can see the trains a-slowin at the station each night
I can see the clocktower glowin with a ghostly light
You can't go home again, you can't go home again
You can't go home again.

I'm standing at the window,
I can't be more than two
25-25 Aquaduct Avenue
Rosemary Clooney's on the radio
I don't know what she's singing
But she's crooning sweet and low.
You can't go home again, you can't go home again
You can't go home again.

I dreamed that all I wanted was to beat upon a drum
No one would give one to me but my sister bought me one.
Now my sister's she's not livin on this planet anymore
I hope she's finally happy and I hope she's learned the score
You can't go home again, you can't go home again
You can't go home again.

Doesn't matter where you come from
Doesn't matter who you are
Doesn't matter if you've wandered near or far
If you go by motor or if you go by rail.
If you are in prison or if you're out on bail.
You can't go home again, you can't go home again

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from The Simple Son, released December 8, 2020
music and lyrics by Chaim Bezalel
music and lyrics by Chaim Bezalel
guitar and vocals - Chaim Bezalel
accordion - Ron Zentner
voice - Yonnah Ben Levy
percussion - Clay M. Thompson

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Chaim Bezalel Stanwood, Washington

My mother had a collection of 78 rpm records of folk music and I became a folk music lover from a young age. I attended festivals and concerts, sat with Libba Cotten when she sang Freight Train. I learned to pick sitting in Washington Square as a teenager. However, I did not begin writing songs until my 50's. I am also a poet and artist. I live in Wasnhington State and in Israel. ... more

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