THE CORNER 030311 - SOMEWHERE

James Michael Taylor

This FaceBook friend of mine posted the first line and I went with it.

THE CORNER - G (if capo is at 2 it sounds more like Neil Young.)

C D
G Am
You’ll find me at the corner of I DON’T CARE and LEAVE ME ALONE
D G
Stuck out in THE MIDDLE of NOWHERE and YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN C D
(I’ll be out here somewhere.)

G
Just around the corner form NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS and GO
Am
JUMP IN A LAKE
D
Across the street from WHAT DOES IT MATTER and FOR
G
HEAVEN’S SAKE
C D
(I’ll be down at the corner.)
G Am
Hanging with THE HUDDLED MASSES, I won’t be alone
D
So, don’t go telling friends if they find me out here they ought to
G C D
bring me home
G
I’ll be wandering the aisles of SECOND HAND CARPETS and
Am
RODENT BALM
D
(Right next to) WHAT’S IT TO YOU and THE STORM BEFORE
G
THE CALM

G Am
Harbored grudges and tethered hearts. Broken glasses and fingers D G…

Instrumental break

Harbored grudges and tethered hearts. Broken glasses and fingers

You’ll find me at the corner of I DON’T CARE and LEAVE ME ALONE…
Out here IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE…

Carla
It’s Thursday, June 27, 2024. 99 degrees in COWTOWN. I am almost back to the rusty bridge when I skate past a woman. Sunburned shoulders. Shorts…and…NO SHOES.
I thought to myself. “Not good.”
By the time I got home I knew I had to get water and go back. Try to find her. I emptied several trays of ice cubes into a plastic milk bottle…
There she was.On the Beach Street bridge, standing on a piece of card board…crying.
We went to Walmart…shoes. A 20- pack of socks.
I knocked on the police door as we were leaving. Told the guy that answered the door about how I had found her. He said there was nothing they could do. She said she needed to go to the quick stop on Lancaster. Yes, that quick stop. She told me she was Carla and I told her I am Jim. We hugged each other. I said, “Do you have a place for all of those socks?” She said she would share them with her friends…