Passing Lane - Single

by Carl Lorusso Jr.

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Shooting empty stares into the middle distance
The car slipping in and out of the passing lane
Coming home from a lightly attended service
In the Church of the Momentarily Discouraged
We only come to the city for theatre shows and wakes

I'm falling asleep in the back, as the highway lights blaze past
Until the country dark is cast
And dad lights another as the radio hums The Clash

I was young then, too young to tell the difference between
The culture and the scene
The rulebook and the game
And that our trees are fruitful
But we trade peaches with losers
For matchsticks and kerosene
Just to burn them all away

The factories smoke out across the land
And it unites into some sort of rotten man made sunset
And it's hope for the masses of every class
Until the sun comes back, and the factory locks are latched
And then they sit there like a dream that you spend your day trying to forget

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released October 2, 2020

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Carl Lorusso Jr. Toronto, Ontario

2017 Toronto Independent Music Award nominee for "Best Folk/Roots".

"Carl is a powerhouse wordsmith whose songs represent the dystopian view of a youthful generation.”
-Harrison Fine, producer, FINE Productions

“Shades of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen rolled into his own unique style. Very well written & sung.”
– Randy Skaggs, Q108 Kingston ... more

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