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The Place Where the Garage Used to Stand

from Necessary Angels by Sara Hickman

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Based on the true story of when I was growing up in Houston, Tx---the kids across the street were playing with matches and accidently burned their garage down

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The Place Where the Garage Used to Stand
Words & Music by Sara Hickman

I thought I’d grow up to build
Underwater cities
We thought you’d be a runway model
‘Cause your face was oh-so-pretty
Girl Scouts, soccer, softball, boys
Sneaking out you better not
Make a noise
Jane scraped your arms with her
Red fingernails
Frisbees flew like summer sails, and

Here is the place
Where we made our future plans
In the days of my childhood
Here is the place where
The garage used to stand
And it stood and it stood and it stood
And it stood in my old neighborhood

John killed a lime-green tree frog
With a single blasted Black Cat
First heard of some secret
Family jewels as
You kicked Tim for calling Barbara fat
Summer dresses, swimsuits, shorts,
Tried to gain access to all their forts
One of the boys lit a loaded match
The garage went down in seconds flat, and

Here is the place
Where we made our future plans
In the days of my childhood
Here is the place where
The garage used to stand
And it stood and it stood and it stood
And it stood in my old neighborhood

Mom is whistling,
“Time to come in!”
Summer’s fading
School year begins
“Eat your dinner. Did you wash your hands?”
School is ending
And it’s summer again
Life was easy to…
Life was easy to…
Life was easy… to understand

Here is the place
Where we made our future plans
In the days of my childhood
Here is the place where
The garage used to stand
And it stood and it stood and it stood
And it stood in my old neighborhood

credits

from Necessary Angels, released October 4, 1994
Words & Music by Sara Hickman

Acoustic and Electric Guitar---Sara
Electric Guitar---Brad McLemore
Bass---Mike Daane
Drums---Mitch Marine
Keys, melodramatica---Jim Cocke
Accordian---Carl Finch
Backing vocals---Mark Hallman and Sara

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Sara Hickman Austin, Texas

Sara Hickman's career in music began at 7, winning first place in a school talent show. She's appeared twice on "The Tonight Show;" at Carnegie Hall; performed on tv, radio & at hundreds of festivals, theatres, clubs and house concerts around the world. 2010 Texas State Musician (between Willie Nelson & Lyle Lovett). She created 2 volumes of the Texas Musicians Coloring Book & has over 18 albums. ... more

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