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The Last Wig Shop demo

from Isolation Demos, 3​/​2020 by Lara Ewen

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The last wig shop on Main Street
Closes at 7 on Saturday nights.
Carla fixes her lipstick
And dusts off the counters
And turns down the lights.

And it hasn’t been this bad
Since, oh my god, she can’t remember.
If things don’t get better real soon,
She’s looking at her last November.

Jaclyn Smith and Dolly Parton
Stare down from the ads on the wall by the door
But the boxes sit there unopened
Because no one wants that kind of pretty no more.

And she don’t understand it
‘Cause she always loved how the curls made her feel.
She lets them fall to her shoulders
And squints in the glass and pretends that they’re real.

Town’s gotten real quiet
Ever since state shut the football team down.
Most of the kids moved away, and now
Even the old-timers don’t come around.

Carla heads out for home
Then drives right past it and turns left instead.
She’s never been to the ocean
And just ‘cause you’re dying
That don’t make you dead.

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from Isolation Demos, 3​/​2020, released March 20, 2020
Lara Ewen, vocals and guitar

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Lara Ewen New York

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Lara Ewen tells stories, most of which are true. Her work blends both the real and the imagined, and the musical landscape she navigates dips into country, Americana, and singer/songwriter influences, drawing comparisons to musicians who sometimes get summarily lumped into the folk category, such as Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams and Jonatha Brooke. ... more

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