Name: Leaving LAX
Duration: P00H02M42S
Description: Original song - an imaginary tale of someone promised the world, who has followed her partner to Hollywood but discovered he and tinseltown weren't all she thought they would be. Written in 2015 before the 'me too' movement went global, but it's about that kind of abuse - and her escape from it.

Leaving LAX

by Jim McGrath

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Original song - an imaginary tale of someone promised the world, who has followed her partner to Hollywood but discovered he and tinseltown weren't all she thought they would be. Written in 2015 before the 'me too' movement went global, but it's about that kind of abuse - and her escape from it.

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Leaving LAX
She’s got her goods and effects
It was getting kinda rough
Getting more than tough

She’s got mourning red eyes
Got those matching blues again
But now the lesson’s been learnt
It was time well spent

She’s restarting, she’s rebooting
She’s restringing, she’s retuning

She’d been waiting a long time
For someone just like him (or so she thought)
But she’d decided to move on through
So tired of running out of true

She’ll gather all her thoughts
And marshal all her strengths
She’ll be starting over, it’s true
But so much stronger than he ever guessed that she could do

She’s restringing, she’s retuning
She’s rewiring, she’s rebooting

Leaving him well behind
Watching the settling dust
Wondering how he lost control of the reins
He’ll be reviewing, he knows he must

But she’s just getting stronger
Taking his kind of shit no longer
Coming home, see some old friends
Make some resolutions, make some amends

She’s restringing, she’s retuning
She’s rewiring, she’s rebooting

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released July 23, 2023
Jim McGrath - vocal and guitars
David Milne - backing vocals, lead guitar, bass, drums & production

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