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Exile on Myrtle Beach

from A Sad Clown by Julie Christensen & Stone Cupid

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I have loved this song since the minute I heard Darrin sing it, and I think it might have in fact been at Fran's Eastside Lounge. It's a doozy. A sort of epic drug flashback or future dream trip. Just let go.

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EXILE ON MYRTLE BEACH © Darrin Bradbury

I was countin’ roaches in a Chicken Shack
Down on Myrtle Beach
The sun to my back
Got caught stealin’ hubcaps off a Pontiac
Yeah, and here I am

Skippin’ stones and watchin’ birds
Headed from Albuquerque
And I made a wrong turn
So I picked up some cardboard
And I wrote down some words
Someone said it was a sign

Yeah well, you and me
Yeah we’re off scot-free
Like Bruce on a bike with some boardwalk queen
They two lanes’ll take you anywhere,
But I guess they’ll take you on down
Down past Myrtle Beach

I saw Richard Pryor throw a stone into the ocean
Had a couple new jokes
But none of them were worth quotin’
A couple good quips, yeah, and I guess that’s it
Nothin’ really on fire

I seen Elvis Presley down at the popsicle stand
Gettin’ cues from Andy Kaufman
On how to shake his ass
They’re doin’ a double header
Three night stand
At Fran’s Eastside




Yeah well, you and me
Yeah we’re off scot-free
Like the heads that roll off the French Royalty
The Revolution was nothin’ but a strong narrative
Great publicity. Keeps the tourists in Myrtle Beach

Well I guess I’ll keep quiet, like Ol’ Charlie Chaplin
Didn’t like the steak,
So I spit it in the napkin
It was too well-done for anything to happen
Guess I wanted somethin’ rare

But the ballgame’s startin’
So everybody cheer
You know it’s a good song if it sells som beer
You held me in the nosebleeds
Sayin’ “why are we here?”
I said, “why do you care?”

Yeah well, you and me
Yeah we’re off scot-free
Like Eva and Adolf in a submarine
Some folks say they’re in Buenos Aires
But I’ve seen ‘em both chompin’ on hot dogs
And strollin’ down Myrtle Beach

Yeah well, you and me
Yeah we’re off scot-free
Like Bruce on a bike with some boardwalk queen
They two lanes’ll take you anywhere,
But I guess they’ll take you on down
Down past Myrtle Beach

credits

from A Sad Clown, released March 16, 2018
Exile On Myrtle Beach 5:32
© Darrin Bradbury ASCAP
guitar: Chris Tench
guitar: Julie
resonator, resonator slide: Sergio Webb
acoustic bass: Jeff Turmes
snare, cymbal: Steve Latanation
backup vocals: Renée Wahl, Brett Ryan Stewart, Julie

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Julie Christensen Albuquerque, New Mexico

Julie Christensen’s story is woven into decades of Roots Music. A veteran of Leonard Cohen’s bands, she co-fronts post- punk rockers Divine Horsemen, which rebooted to release new work in 2021. While the pandemic was still going on, Julie moved from Nashville to NM and began the 2+ year process of recording "The Price We Pay for Love," out 4/14/2023 on WireBird Records. ... more

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