Name: Bayou Refueling Station
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: A funky combination of techno and country/folk, this song - which tells the story of a young man growing up gay in the South - was spotlighted on the VH1 television show "Can't Get a Date".

Bayou Refueling Station

from Mnemosyne's Lounge by James Bradford

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A funky combination of techno and country/folk, this song - which tells the story of a young man growing up gay in the South - was spotlighted on the VH1 television show "Can't Get a Date".

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I live down in Shreveport for ten recharging years
I got just enough south in me to know a good crawdad from a bad
I got a scar on my left knee from running from the history
I had a little bit of Chacherie left when I moved down to D.C.
I am the South, I am the South

I am the marching band, I am
I am the country way
I'm a cowboy's favorite place to play
I am the South, I am

I hit the bayou refueling station when I was only 17
It was a refill up on my empty cup
It was a dinner party Mnemosyne
I had to revisit all those banks I left open for the folk to see
I had Alanis in my deck that day 'cause I couldn't find my Carole King
I am the South, I am

I am the football field, I am
I am the redneck teeth
The farmer's field to plow and seed
I am the South, I am

I am the crocodile
I am the beehive hair there
I am Eden Gardens
I am Caddo Parish when I'm there and
I am Mrs. MIlam
I am Andrew Keene
and I am everything you deny and what you hide
and everything in-between
I am, I am

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from Mnemosyne's Lounge, track released January 1, 1999

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James Bradford New York, New York

James Bradford's first album "Mnemosyne's Lounge" was released in 1999. He has toured America as a singer and stand-up comedian, and appeared in a variety of film and TV projects. He notably starred in the VH1 reality show "Can't Get a Date".

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