Name: The Ballad of Holden Caulfield
Duration: P00H06M15S
Description: "The Catcher in the Rye"

The Ballad of Holden Caulfield

from South of Houston by Brian Bassett

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"The Catcher in the Rye"

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Quiet and lonesome
On a Saturday night
Arms around each other's waists

Nobody out
On the streets tonight
Just a bunch of hoodlum guys and their dates

There's puddles in the road
With gasoline rainbows
And someone laughs from far away

She's not listening
In the soft, cold streetlight glow
He's half in love and she won't say

She's on the brain again
He's got her on
Can't get her off
He knows her like a book
But he's got no time
He cant get her off

Took a trip to NY
Just to get the hell out
Away from school and phony friends

Walked from the station
And called up the girl
They met on the stairs to see a show

They had a good time
And she looked real pretty
She just about knocked him out

She leaves him in the road
Cold and all wet
Cause she just can't tell him yet

He turns on the light
And starts to pack
His nerves were shot his eyes were sore

Counts his money
Throws his bags on his back
Can't hang around here anymore

The girl is gone
And it's almost dark
He stood there and took one last look

Don't wanna go home
But now he's all alone
He's says I think next time I'll read a book

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from South of Houston, released January 1, 2002

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