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lyrics

Sara rides her bike to school in Cleveland
From a run down house seven miles away
Her daddy died just when she was just eleven
And her mommas not stopped drinking since the day

But she won’t run
No she won’t run away
Oh she won’t run
No she won’t run away

She writes in a brown leather diary
From her daddy the night that he died
He said, ‘Sara if ever must cry for me
To do it here within in these pages, not outside
And please don’t run
Oh please don’t run away
Cause I need you to stay

So she writes about all the happy times
And the guilt that she carries from dreams
She raises head, carries mom to the bed
Cause dad said, ‘Remain family, family’

Sara bags the groceries up on Sixth Street
A dime a day to keep mom’s liquor stocked
she sets some pennies thinking some day
I can leave this prison that my daddy locked

But she won’t run
I won’t run
I could run away
Oh she won’t run
I won’t run
But dad asked me to stay

Sara came home on the eve of her eighteenth
Bottles all empty
Mom on the kitchen floor
She laid down wrapped her mom’s around her
Pretended to be loved
Just as I was before
But she wasn’t
No, I’m not
She was trapped there to rot
As she turned to her mom and said, ‘I love you’
But she’s breaking free
And you can’t stop me
You can’t call her a thief
It’s my soul to keep

She can run, she can run, she can run from you
I will run, I will run, I will run from you

Now she writes about all the happy times
As she stares through her window outside
The kids running ‘round
As daddy watches proud
Through all the pain and the wisdom she gave
Sara has made family

credits

from The B​-​Room Diaries, Vol. III: The Underdogs, released December 31, 2015
Bradley Rhodes - vocals, guitar
von Grey - vocals, violin, lap steel
Sammy Duis - piano, bass, synth
Tyler Duis - cajon, aux percussion
Jonathan Wiley - mandolin, electric guitar

music by Melodime
lyrics by Bradley Rhodes
produced by Sammy Duis
mixed by Ken "GL" Lanyon
mastered by Ken "GL" Lanyon
edited by Sammy Duis and Ken "GL" Lanyon
recorded by Sammy Duis

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"Melodime is what’s missing in music today – a band that tells stories from their deepest recesses of their hearts and souls: a band that seamlessly blends the musical past with the sounds of the future; a band that is working hard to make a difference through their music and charitable giving that will last a lifetime." ... more

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