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quotSmall Townsquot Leyla McCalla
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Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls) performed by Leyla McCalla from the new album 'My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall'. • Stream Now: https://ohboy.lnk.to/myblackcountry • Follow Alice Randall: • Website: https://www.alicerandall.com/ • Facebook: / alicerandallauthor • Instagram: / msalicerandall • Twitter: / msalicerandall • Follow Oh Boy Records: • Youtube: / @ohboyrecords1981 • Website: https://www.ohboy.com • Facebook: / ohboyrecords • Instagram: / ohboyrecords • Twitter: / ohboyrecords • Small Towns (Are Smaller for Girls) (LYRICS) • Written by: Alice Randall, Mark Sanders, Verlon Thompson • • Small towns are smaller for girls • You can’t play in a big boys world • Dressed up in ribbons and curls • A stop light and a grocery store • She knows there’s got to be more • • She could put a name to every face • In the town where she was raised • And everybody that she knew • knew every move she made • So she stood behind the backstop • Playing sweet sixteen • While the boys were stealing bases • And reaching from their dreams • • Small towns are smaller for girls • You can’t play in a big boys world • Dressed up in ribbons and curls • A stop light and a grocery store • She knows there’s got to be more • ‘Cause small towns are smaller for girls • • She learned to dance around desire • And act like the nice girl act • While the boys found out all about love • With the girls across the tracks • While their souls burned holes • Through the heat of a summer night • She was reading ‘bout New York City • With her daddy’s flashlight • • Small towns are smaller for girls • You can’t play in a big boys world • Dressed up in ribbons and curls • A stop light and a grocery store • She knows there’s got to be more • ‘Cause small towns are smaller for girls • • Alice Randall is a New York Times bestselling novelist, award-winning songwriter, and educator. She is widely recognized as one of the most significant voices in modern Black fiction. She lives in Nashville where she writes country songs. • Oh Boy Records is honored to partner with Alice Randall and a community of Black, female musicians to bring you My Black Country - The Songs of Alice Randall. Alice Randall has written songs performed by Glen Campbell, Moe Bandy, Marie Osmond, Jo-El Sonier, Judy Rodman, Radney Foster, Holly Dunn, and Trisha Yearwood. She is the first Black woman to have a number-one hit on the country charts. Her influence in country music and as a voice in the Black community is immense. Here we present a collection of Alice's songs re-imagined and re-recorded by Black female artists from around America. • #AliceRandall #LeylaMcCalla #MyBlackCountry
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