Frank to Valentino

from When I Go by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

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they raised him up on the installment plan
the homely son of a handsome man
neither clear-complected nor expected to achieve

a little bit ragged, a little big rough
a little too rowdy for the summer of love
now he's looking for a reason to believe

and he's changed his name from frank to valentino
he's growin out his sideburns and he's wearin platform shoes
and he's drivin on the midnight road from medford down to reno
and he thinks he's found a way to cure his workin blues

he got himself married at seventeen
she looked real pretty but she talked kinda mean
he thought they'd work things out in the fullness of time

twenty years later he's headed south
the close-range victim of her sawed-off mouth
leavin their salad days behind

and he's changed his name from frank to valentino ...

lord have mercy on the workin stiff
pullin graveyards and double-shifts
tryin to hold his own beside the pretty and the bright

givin up the dream of his own backyard
jugglin taxes and credit cards
see him rollin like a ghost train through the night

and he's changed his name from frank to valentino ...

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from When I Go, released October 11, 1998

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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer Portland, Oregon

American folk duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer blend tradition and
innovation into a potent musical elixir. They transcend singer/songwriter stereotypes, delivering evocative, clear-eyed ruminations on death and life, love and ruin, that result in "music of haunting beauty and uncommon intelligence" (The
Oregonian). Carter died in 2002; Grammer curates their legacy and now performs solo. ... more

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