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The Santa Ana Winds

"The Santa Ana Winds"
Written and performed by Michael Fitch, 2013

The santa ana winds blow in our industrial city
through the naval yard and refineries
it's old hand here...to kiss the wretched in revelry

i abide by you
my mis-shapen fail safe proof
you send me off - in tow, my tether
to keep me from going too far

i've put my blues on you again
ain't nothing like the truth to a friend

when the reactors melt down near coal mounds
nobody will complain about the price of admission
on any airliner leaving town

the building collapsed on thrift store patrons
22nd and Market
while the Rittenhouse socialites
sent their lunches back, unsatisfied

i've put my blues on you again
ain't nothing like the truth to a friend
i couldn't get out of it
so, i put my blues on you again
i couldn't get out of it
ain't nothing like the truth to a friend.