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lovely ways. On top of all this they're mostly sweet, insouciant love songs, and they ought to sneak into your heart and bring a smile when Burch headlines the Kerrytown District Association's 5th annual NashBash country music festival on Thursday, August 18.

Consider the title track of Burch's latest, Still Your Man. It has a shuffle beat, and like many of his songs, it begins with a formula:

Boys and girls all around the world

Wonder what life has in store.

Sailor, soldier, judge, police,

Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief.

Now Lincoln was a man of destiny.

Maybe you could say the same for me.

Some climb a mountain because they can.