Elephant And Castle-Houston Calls

[ti:Elephant And Castle] [ar:Houston Calls] [al:a collection of short stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Elephant And Castle - Houston Calls [00:11.01]Rachel left home last night [00:13.25]The city sleeps through train lights [00:15.98]Stars in the sky are all that keep her alive [00:20.08] [00:20.80]She packed up and ditched the town [00:23.48]That saw all her ups and downs [00:26.24]She severed all ties to start all over again [00:30.25] [00:31.45]Calling all tickets [00:33.37] [00:33.92]The train leaves in minutes [00:35.83] [00:36.46]Sits near the window [00:38.99]She turns her back on [00:41.42]The city she once called home [00:43.96]The yard where she ran through snow [00:46.59]The streets driven up and down and through and through [00:50.63] [00:51.70]The lot where she'd stare at stars [00:54.11]The porch nights she'd count the cars [00:56.88]They're all memories of simpler times now gone [01:00.97] [01:01.84]Thinking back to the first time [01:04.51]Her mom said I'll let you [01:06.38] [01:07.04]Move on if you want to [01:08.92] [01:09.58]Remember I love you [01:11.46] [01:13.20]Please just go little girl [01:15.01] [01:15.86]The city calls to her [01:17.86]This is your chance [01:19.18] [01:20.05]This is your freedom [01:22.22] [01:23.39]Please don't go little girl [01:25.47] [01:26.15]Her father says to her [01:28.07]It won't work out [01:29.53] [01:30.48]It won't be easy [01:32.34] [01:35.14]Holding back tears of joy [01:37.48]She steps into the world [01:40.18]The city lights look just like they did on tv [01:44.39] [01:47.08]She flails her arms [01:48.48] [01:49.49]She runs both up and down the sidewalks [01:54.08] [01:55.43]Thinking back to the times when she spent it all dreaming [02:00.50]Now she's found what she wanted [02:03.34]Found what she'd needed [02:05.36] [02:06.51]Please just go little girl [02:09.22]The city calls to her [02:11.37]This is your chance [02:13.00] [02:13.87]This is your freedom [02:15.94] [02:16.71]Please don't go little girl [02:19.08] [02:19.79]Her father says to her [02:21.63]It won't work out [02:22.89] [02:24.06]It won't be easy [02:26.26] [02:57.82]Please let go little girl of everything you know [03:02.47]This is your chance [03:03.94] [03:04.78]This is your freedom [03:07.22] [03:07.76]Please don't go little girl [03:10.16] [03:10.85]Her father says to her [03:12.71]It won't work out [03:14.22] [03:15.13]It won't be easy [03:17.30] [03:17.99]Please let go little girl of everything you know [03:22.94]You start it now [03:24.43] [03:25.23]You've started over