The Party Barn

 

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There was a barn with power and a hardwood floor,
Just about a 1/2 mile south of my home’s front door,
On Arroyo Verde Drive in Fritch, Texas, in the spring,
Of the year in 1971 when I was still on my single fling.

 

 

 

 

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The Party Barn

 

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One night in the Spring on a Saturday in the cool air,
I was out in my yard and heard acid rock music so clear.
It seemed to be coming from the south from nowhere.
I just couldn’t figure out what was going on out there.

Where is that acid rock music coming from?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The pavement ended at the south end of my block,
A road continued south covered with crushed rock.
1/4 mile south down that road was the Carson County Line.
After another 1/4 mile south was an old barn so fine.

 

 

 

 

 

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The next morning, I headed south from my own door,
To find the source of the acid rock music from before.
I came upon that old barn and pulled in for a brief stay,
I stopped in the lot next to that old barn by the hay.

The Party Barn looked kind of like this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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There was a sign there that said Rent For Your Parties,
And there was a phone number at the bottom to see.
As I thought about it, it was the perfect place to go wild,
As it was out of Fritch City Police Limits by a 1/4 mile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Carson County Sherifs office was 45 miles away,
And there was no one around to disturb out that way.
So I had a party barn just 1/2 mile from my own home,
As a single guy still looking for a girl on the roam.

The pink is Carson County. The closest sheriffs office was in Panhandle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The next weekend I was out in my yard late at night,
And I heard country music sounding so very right,
Coming from that old barn to the south not to far.
I already had on my boots and my beaver hat like a star.

That country music sounds pretty good tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And got in my 1970 Mustang Mach 1 to head out there,
But as I sat there thinking about that place with much care,
I wondered if they might be doing drugs in that barn.
And I wanted no part of drugs in my life doing me harm.

I loved driving that Mustang as a single man.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So, then I just headed on into Jeans Bars and Grill,
And played pool while drinking a few beers for my thrill.
Then headed to the round the clock for some enchiladas,
Before heading on back out to my Arroyo Verde hacienda.

 

 

 

 

 

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I could still hear that music from the barn when I arrived,
But I went on into my house and into my bed I dived.
The barn action went on through 1972 in cool months,
But I never went out to that old barn to party once.

 

 

 

 

 

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I heard the law had shut the barn down then in 1972,
So by the time I married Pam, that old barn was through.
But I told her about that old barn there with little class,
And even took her by there to see the barn from the past.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By Bill

 

 

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Thanks for reading Party Barn,
Bill