We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Battle Of Battle Creek, MI

from Songs From Paper Thin Lines by Simon Flory

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited Edition Compact Disc with album art by Taylor Rushing

    Includes unlimited streaming of Songs From Paper Thin Lines via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days

      $10 USD or more 

     

  • T-Shirt/Apparel

    Super soft golden t-shirt with Simon Flory third eye logo designed and manufactured in collaboration with album artist Taylor Rushing and Morgan Mercantile in Texas

    *Printed with water-based inks so the print doesn't have that plasticky hard feel!
    ships out within 5 days

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • T-Shirt/Apparel

    Logo bandana designed in collaboration with album artist Taylor Rushing and Morgan Mercantile, handmade in Texas
    ships out within 5 days

      $10 USD or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 4 Simon Flory releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Haul These Blues Away, Songs From Paper Thin Lines, Radioville, and Unholy Town. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $18.20 USD or more (35% OFF)

     

lyrics

The Battle of Battle Creek, MI

Dreamt I had the diamond ring, that I found in Ramadi, around my neck for that tour, bloodiest diamond you’ve ever seen
Woke up like I always do, haunted and howling at the moon, VA says I can go home soon, but I got no ring and I ain’t got you
In the battle of Battle Creek, Michigan
I came up from Waco, Texas, your daddy said take a step back, with a little baby on the way, he changed the locks and you pulled the shades
In the battle of Battle Creek, Michigan
I walk these streets with my own, do you love your country, do you son?
The VA says I ain’t got long, do you love your country do you son? Do you love your country, do you, Don?
In the battle of Battle Creek, Michigan

credits

from Songs From Paper Thin Lines, released February 29, 2020

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Simon Flory image

Simon Flory Fort Worth, Texas

It takes a perceptive ear to translate icons of a mythical “Americana” into the daily textures of real human lives, and Flory does it with the sincerity of early country music. His compositions are as much short-story sketches as they are songs, each populated – like the locales that inspire them – with those among us who have few choices. ... more

contact / help

Contact Simon Flory

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like Simon Flory, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now