Community Corner
Summer of Superman: Kevin Sings the News Edition
Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo writes and sings a superhero theme song for the city of Plano, and the movie shoot that transformed it for a summer.
The Summer of Superman is wrapping up. To celebrate, we’ve brought in Patch troubadour Kevin Trudo, and asked him to do a special installment of Kevin Sings the News.
If you’re not familiar with our weekly Kevin Sings the News feature, well, it’s like this. Every Friday, local musician extraordinaire Kevin Trudo writes and sings a song based on the last seven days of Patch headlines. ( is the latest.) For his Superman song, he’s decided to try his hand at a superhero theme. Complete with cape.
The song is called “Superman’s Gone,” and it’s a wistful farewell to a movie shoot that transformed the city of Plano. Lyrics are reprinted below for your convenience. For more Kevin Sings the News, come back to Patch every Friday morning. For more on Kevin Trudo, check out his Facebook page.
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Superman's Gone
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Out here celebrity sightings are rarely more than
Stories we bring home from Metropolis
Then suddenly rumors that Kevin Costner is knocking on doors and
They're making a movie here under our auspice
Our small town
Becomes Smallville
False storefronts
And wrecked buildings built
Fake Sears and 7-11
Fake Mailplace, explosions
and lots of wrecked cars
The Kent Farm was right here on 126
They painted a flag up over an ad there
Then moved on to Chicago and the Willis Tower
But it's good to know that for a time Hollywood was aware
We were larger than life for a little while...
We were larger than life for a little while...
