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I wrote this one the night before my very first ICS session. I was getting my 4-track set up so that I would have all my gear ready to go first thing in the morning, and out popped this song. Upon writing it, I didn't really know if I liked it at first, but it seemed to inspire an instant, positive reaction from everyone for whom I played it. Loretta Lynch started performing it, and later we recorded it for our album Concrete & Ether.

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By the time I get to Fresno
There'll be nothing more for me to think
I'll be wondering where the time went
And I'll have to stop and have a drink

By the time I get to Bakersfield
I'll be so wired that it won't seem real
By the time I lay down my head
You'll be someone that I can forget

By the time you open up your eyes
Won't be wondering if it's a surprise
I'll be far away and without fear
And the road ahead will be so clear

By the time you lay down your head
I'll be dreaming in a different bed
By the time I get to Mexico
You'll be just someone that I used to know

By the time you close your eyes
Won't be wondering if it's a surprise
I'll be far away and without fear
And the road ahead will be so clear

By the time you lay down your head
I'll be dreaming in a different bed
By the time I get to Mexico
You'll be just someone that I used to know

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from Val Esway + El Mirage - Lovers, Losers, Liars, released April 16, 2005

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Val Esway Sacramento, California

Val Esway is back with a new project, Global Spider Community, co-piloted by producer and veteran Bay area troubadour Danny Allen, whose stellar guitar playing and sonic footprint can be heard throughout No One Ever Said This Would Be Pretty.

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