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A Place to Start Lyrics by Tom Heany

2018

Uncle Ed parked his car at Yankee Stadium
And he walked to the San Diego Zoo
It took eleven months. He lost 27 pounds
And he wore out three pairs of shoes
He called my mother from Youngstown, Ohio
And he asked her to check on his car
She said, “What in God's name are you doing, Ed?”
He said, “I'm looking for a place to start.”
When you're ready to go
Or when you're falling apart
Everybody's looking for a brand new start
And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts
Everybody's looking for a place to start
I was ten years old when he parked his car
And I thought that was cooler than cool
Just to pick up and go, do whatever you want
Like a lifetime vacation from school
He called from St. Louis and said, “Guess what, kid?
I just shook Chuck Berry's hand.”
Mama said, “God Almighty, Ed, not again!”
And I was ten, so I didn't understand
But when you're losing your way
Or when you're falling apart
Everybody's looking for a brand new start
And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts
Everybody's looking for a place to start
Every week he'd call us from wherever he was
And he'd tell us all the things he'd done
But the people and the stories they got so strange
It stopped being any kind of fun
Like the man who lived in a cardboard box
And kept a rattlesnake in a paper sack
Mama said, “This is way past crazy, Ed.” I said
“Ask him when he's coming back.”
And Mama said
“Your uncle is a little bit broken
He's a little mixed up inside
He isn't really looking for a place to start;
He's looking for a place to hide
He's turning into his brother
It's been coming for years
But you're not like them – you take after me
And you have a place to start right between your ears.”
But he never came back. He just lived on the street
He always liked to be near the beach
Twenty more years, just the one pair of shoes
And normal was way out of reach
I went out and found him when Mom passed away
He had his world in a grocery cart
I said, “Twenty damn years, Ed. What the hell?”
He said, “I never found a place to start.”
And when you've lost your way
And when you've fallen apart
You can still dream a brand new start
And with our empty pockets and our aching hearts
Everybody's looking for a place to start
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Tom Heany

Tom Heany

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