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Signal From Home   by Edwin H Balder
Got here after New Year’s in ‘57,
Too cold to go outside, too lost for heaven.
Radio dial, my homesick thread,
But Nashville’s signal flickered dead.
So I climbed these stairs, the city sleek,
Chasing voices I still seek.
Mama’s voice still lingers light,
Through torn-out pages, blurred in flight.
Told me “girl, don’t lose your soul,
Even miles can’t take what’s whole.”
So I ran where towers rise,
Where faces turn but don’t meet eyes.
Yet through the concrete, through the haze,
I swear I hear Loretta play.
Give me signal, give me sound,
A voice that pulls me safe and loud.
Let the airwaves bend and glow,
Let me hear what home still knows.
City winds don’t hum my tune,
So let the signal cut right through.
Red dress torn at midnight’s door,
Steel-grey rain won’t dance no more.
Neon sighs, cigarette smoke,
Dreams half-bent but never broke.
Still my fingers know this tune,
Still my heart sings old and true.
And if the station fades away,
I’ll keep on playing anyway.
Give me signal, give me sound,
A voice that pulls me safe and loud.
Let the airwaves bend and glow,
Let me hear what home still knows.
City winds don’t hum my tune,
So let the signal cut right through.
Turn the dial, let it climb,
Let it chase the moon this time.
Steel can break, stars can shine,
Country music, my backbone, my lifeline.
Through the static, through the night,
It’s been my home, my voice, my light.
Years move fast, yet I still stand,
This rooftop still holds calloused hands.
A signal weak, but never gone,
A whisper built through steel and stone.
And though the skyline looms so high,
I know where my roots still lie.
Give me signal, give me sound,
A voice that pulls me safe and loud.
Let the airwaves bend and glow,
Let me hear what home still knows.
City winds don’t hum my tune,
So let the signal cut right through.
Static hums, the needle fights,
And somewhere, Loretta sings tonight.

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