I'll Go To The Coast

from STEP ON by Joe McCarthy & the Faders

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The road is closed and the cops are closin' in
But if we turn back now, it would be a sin
If we stay here we’re dead in our seats
They've blocked off all these streets
And that cold D.A.
wants us under his feet

Pace yourself
It's a long, long way down to San Francisco Bay
I gotta keep pressure on this leg, so you're drivin today
You always said that you dreamed of a chance to get away
Maybe you didn't think it would go down this way

And if a heart could regenerate
If only for a day
Tell me, what price would you pay?

I don't need you to tell me what I've lost
I can barely keep awake, we’ve got state lines to cross
You remember back in Idaho
You said we'd take it slow
Try not to speak of insult or cost
We used to be--
Oh well, that doesn't matter anymore.
You're a diamond thief and I'm a whore
But the breakers out in the dusk are beacons for beggars like us
We have no recourse but to go to the coast

And if a heart could regenerate
If only for a day
Tell me, what price would you pay?

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from STEP ON, released November 8, 2018

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Joe McCarthy & the Faders New York

Joe McCarthy and the Faders came together in Brooklyn in 2015 to record a batch of songs that grew into their first album, Step On, a heartfelt take on rock ’n’ roll.

In 2021Sean Patrick Kelly joined the original core members — Joe (guitars and lead vox), Joe Dahlstrom (bass, from Hot Knives), Abhay Singh (keys, from Teenage Afterglow) and Tom Barnes (drums, also of Hot Knives). ... more

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