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[Hook]
You are on my mind… everywhere I go…
All these things I’ve done… just so I could hope…
That I made you proud… oh, my home, sweet home…
I wanna play… I’m gonna play… I gotta play… I gotta play… in Peoria...
[Verse 1]
‘Cause ever since… way back… down at St. Francis where I got my name at..
I’ve found love that I gotta return
I gotta make good on the stuff I learned
Starting at Valeska, way before the pressure... you made sure I always gave an effort
The smart kid, yeah, there I was
Slipping on the playground ‘front of my first love
On the wintertime ice that we know so well; they thought it was a gag when I fell
Simple times; me and Rahmell
At five years old, man, you couldn’t tell me one day things would just up and change; Discovery Zone would turn into a bank
And Northwoods Mall would get the nickname of "the old mall" once the new mall came, but that’s life
[Bridge]
I reckon so… but I know this town… and I know it’s soul…
So time can pass… through young and old…
What stays the same… are streets of gold…
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
‘Cause I cannot… ever forget… coming into town across that bridge
Red brick buildings in the Harrison showed
And right across from it, my grandma’s home
Rest in peace, and one day, please, send down a little luck for the Par-A-Dice boat
Man, I wanted to be a Richwoods Knight
Instead, I had to wear dress shoes and tie, and that’s life
Like how I had to move away at 14
All the way in Cali, crying into my sheets, just praying I would have a P-Town dream
Of summer nights, fireflies, lighting up the dark
Or old field trips to Glen Oak Park
Or one day coming back to bring a concert to the Civic Center, where I’d sing:
[Hook]
credits
from
Will It Play In Peoria?,
released April 14, 2020
Executive Produced by Lyle Horowitz.
Written by Melvin Burch.
Produced by Duett*.
*("Afterglow")
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