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Tornado Alley

My wanderings had taken me far from my home
I met a pretty woman said she's tired of being alone
Well one thing led to another
You know how things go
So we packed her up and headed back
To my little Texas home

Well I told her once and I told her twice
It's the best that I could do
Life in Tornado Alley is where I live, don't be confused
But she was quite insistent, professed to me her love
I warned her where I lived
Now she's moved here, and it's done

Storm seasons always come; storm seasons go
Never seems to stay the same but the wind that always blows
Uncomfortable summers, cold in winter times
Very, very few moments when everything's just right

Refrain:
But me, I've always lived here
Yes I've been born and raised
It's funny what you can get used to
If you take the time and don't count the days

It's mostly just flat land, not much to see
And I know she's bored and probably blames it all on me
And I'm sure it is quite different, not what she thought
Tornado Alley's not a dream, but it's sure as hell what she got

Then of course there come a time a storm came roaring through
And I seen the look in her eyes,
Wondering what the bell she got herself in to
With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
From a freight train running through the middle of a room
You just want out alive

Refrain

Well after that, things changed, she said something about the Fall
And how the waters rushed and roared, we heard a coyote call
On and on, long stories, of places I'd never seen
She'd get that faraway look in her eyes that did not include me
Maybe I should have known, there's something about this place
And unlike the wind that blows through here, she's gone without a trace
But me, I just go on, but back to being alone
Tornado Alley's where I live and have always called my home

Refrain

(CGCGCD#) capo 4

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from Frozen: A Selection of Live Solo Performances 1993​-​2000, released November 10, 2020

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Terry Lee Hale Marseille, France

Currently a resident in Marseille, Hale has been releasing albums for more than three decades. Hale’s work is stubborn and transcendent of genres and deeply evocative in a way that only a true original can be.

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