Vance Barker

Apr 17, 2020

Vance Barker
Company driver, River Road Trucking

This is a song I wrote at the end of 2019 after seeing a sign for a place by that name near Conway, Arkansas. It’s about a place when we were teenagers and young adults where we blew off steam and had fun with our peers. I chose it because there are times when we need to reminisce, blow off steam and have fun. This is a raw rough draft version of the song. I’m from Houma, Louisiana, and now live in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Places like Toad Suck Park in the song exist all over.

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