The Montana Sessions
Madeline Hawthorne: Neon Wasteland
3/28/2025 | 4m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Madeline Hawthorne performs Neon Wasteland.
The Montana Sessions is a collection of short films featuring some of Montana's finest musicians performing live in outdoor locations throughout the state.
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The Montana Sessions is a local public television program presented by Montana PBS
Montana Sessions is made possibly by the Greater Montana Foundation.
The Montana Sessions
Madeline Hawthorne: Neon Wasteland
3/28/2025 | 4m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The Montana Sessions is a collection of short films featuring some of Montana's finest musicians performing live in outdoor locations throughout the state.
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("Neon Wasteland" by Madeline Hawthorne) ♪ She pries open eyes heavy bones tired mind ♪ ♪ Dead weight sleep deprived ♪ ♪ Works three jobs got no time ♪ ♪ Picks up a picture from not so long ago ♪ ♪ Looking at a girl she don't even know ♪ ♪ Everything is bringing her down ♪ ♪ Living on the sidelines stuck in this town ♪ ♪ She needs a break ♪ ♪ Could use a hand ♪ ♪ She's all alone in this neon wasteland ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ She misses all the trees quiet nights gentle breeze ♪ ♪ Now it's bright lights busy days ♪ ♪ Always moving always working late ♪ ♪ Friends back home getting hitched having kids ♪ ♪ Said she needed more ♪ ♪ Didn't picture this ♪ ♪ Everything is bringing her down ♪ ♪ Living on the sidelines stuck in this town ♪ ♪ She needs a break ♪ ♪ Could use a hand ♪ ♪ She's all alone in this neon wasteland yeah ♪ ♪ He said he had dreams and together they could fly ♪ ♪ Two years sweat and tears ♪ ♪ And then disappears without a goodbye ♪ ♪ Up to her ears in his past due bills ♪ ♪ Written in her name got no one to blame ♪ ♪ Everything is bringing her down ♪ ♪ Living on the sidelines stuck in this town ♪ ♪ She needs a break ♪ ♪ Could use a hand ♪ ♪ She's all alone in this neon wasteland ♪ ♪ Neon wasteland yeah ♪ ♪ Tomorrow is her Saturday ♪ ♪ She's going to the river ♪ ♪ To wash some blues away ♪ ♪ Opens her door to her dismay ♪ ♪ A tire's flat on her rusty Chevrolet ♪ ♪ She don't cry she don't pray ♪ ♪ Oh it's the same damn song just a different day ♪ ♪ Everything is bringing her down ♪ ♪ Living on the sidelines so sick of this town ♪ ♪ She needs a break ♪ ♪ Could use a hand ♪ ♪ She's all alone in this neon wasteland ♪ ♪ Neon wasteland yeah ♪ ♪ You gotta get it right ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ You gotta get it right ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah ♪ - Woo-hoo.
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