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In reply to the discussion: What cities don't have songs written about them? [View all]Trueblue Texan
(2,429 posts)6. When I was a little girl...
...apparently a very romantic little girl, my brother was in Viet Nam. He had a girlfriend named Sherry that lived in Pearland. Before he shipped out, my mother would drop us kids off at Sherry's house and take her with my brother to the beach in Galveston.
When Glen Campbell came out with Galveston I would always cry thinking about my brother in Viet Nam, pining away for his pretty girlfriend, staring out at the water and thinking about the happy times they must have had running on Galveston Beach. That song ALWAYS bring sweet, sad memories. When he got back to the states, they were together, but they never made a permanent go of it. I would have loved having her for a sister, but it just wasn't in the cards, as they say.
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It is one of the best songs from that era. Written by Jimmy Webb, who worked a lot with Glen Campbe
emulatorloo
Nov 2022
#47
This song was written and recorded by a local Huntsville entertainer when I was 16.
House of Roberts
Nov 2022
#18
If anyone was hanging around the University of Pennsylvania in the early seventies........
DFW
Nov 2022
#34
There have certainly been some interesting songs that have shown up in this thread.
GoneOffShore
Nov 2022
#56