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The Later Rounds

from Little River Sessions by Will Stenberg

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The later rounds were kind of rough,
but tough guys thrive when times get tough
or so he told himself as he went down
.
It’s a goddamn stupid thing to do
which he knew as well as you
but no one knows when it’s the final round.

The bell rang high but far away
calling back the distant days
when he was just a kid in Sunday School.
"Do not Kill" is the written word
but no one said and he’d not heard
that you could not regard your fists as tools.

Chorus:



And oh, in the later rounds
he just went down and down 

and down and down and down

and it was sad to see that boy go down.

There’d be money, there'd be girls.
There’d be a place in this old world
for a kid with nothing else to give
except his hands, except his heart
except his love, except his art
except his life, which he so loved to live.

So here’s a song for all the boys
long forgotten in the noise,
lost in the brighter glow of bigger names.
They never really made their mark,
just shadow-boxing in the dark,
but they burned as bright as any flame.

Chorus

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from Little River Sessions, released October 12, 2020

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Will Stenberg Portland, Oregon

Will Stenberg is searching for the perfect marriage of text and tune, mediated by himself with maximum honesty. He spends a lot of time writing songs and has a vague, persistent hope that there is an audience for them. He is from a small town, has lived in various parts of the US, and is full of love and unease. ... more

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