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Brian Dugan Broke the World

from Winston by Eric Peter Schwartz

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Words and music by E.P. Schwartz

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They say the day he was born
his father pushed him back inside
and it warped the boy
and caused a pain behind the eyes

1985
the Devil drove a blue Gremlin
and he broke the world
when he stopped to ask them for directions

I watched it unfold
as I was folding papers
I throw it onto their porch
and watch the pale grow across my neighbors

That's when I felt the change
summer of '85
we all locked our doors
when he took Melissa Ackerman's life

Hurry home
don't pick up the phone
Brian Dugan
could know you're alone
Brian Dugan
could know

A name already echoed
on suburban lips
Jenine Nicarico
the girl who had stayed home sick

Cops pinned her death and rape
on two Hispanic males
and Dugan had killed more
while two innocentsrotted in jail

Hurry home
don't pick up the phone
Brian Dugan
could know you're alone
Brian Dugan
could know

Our folks were left with the damage
Dugan had done
to two income world
and latchkey daughters and sons

I still feel the ripples now
30 odd years on
in the way I worry
and the rules I make for my son

Hurry home
don't pick up the phone
Brian Dugan
could know you're alone
Brian Dugan
could know

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from Winston, released March 12, 2020

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Eric Peter Schwartz Aurora, Illinois

Acoustic rock and some instrumental rock. Where heart and quirk collide.

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