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There’s a tale, that you tell, and your teachers told before you
Oh, how Mrs. Chan would turn around and put her left hand to her brow
Aware, I’d stand, of seconds passed, a most reluctant scarecrow
And with my eyes follow the lines that met the lines of pharaohs
There’s a street, discarded fleet of loose lamenting lawn charms
They count the years of fresh regret that well in back yards to collect
The trees like patient cavalries that shade the paths for no one
This is the road that meets the street where I’m from
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Irish Folk Medley
03:38
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City Parks
02:50
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Breathing hard in a city park
Hacking air on an industrial lark
Shoutin’ out, “maybe that I shouldn’t drink”
But no one’s here forcing me to quit
I said, ”You never do what I want to do
No you don’t do what I want you to”
I said, ”You never did what I want to do
No you don’t do what I want you to”
I want something great
To let me down
I want some new spark
To come around
To talk until
My tongue falls out
Saying what the fuck
Am I shoutin' about?
Well the flora changed, and the fauna left
Because the trails lead somewhere important
Now I’m pulling grass in between a path
I want it dead, but it’s growing back
I’m breathing fast in the cities last
Noble stab, at an industrial past
I'm shouting out to an empty crowd
I'm nervous I don’t know what I’m talking about
I want something great
To let me down
I want some new spark
To come around
To talk until
My teeth rot out
Saying what the fuck
Am I shoutin' about?
I want something great
To let me down
I want some new spark
To come around
To talk until
My teeth rot out
Saying what the fuck
Am I shoutin' about?
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A Child I Knew
01:43
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In the afternoon
With nothing much to do
You had the type of tobacco you chew
Bug spray and a match
We burnt a broken branch
The fire spread and got out of hand
And the flames, they grew
sometime after school
You were then a child I knew
You were lacking charm
Your stepdad`s heavy arm
And the drugs you took to keep you from harm
So you were rude and crass
Til one time after class
The substitute teacher finally snapped
And the flames, they grew
sometime during school
You were then a child I knew
And the flames grew large
but only after dark
could I see the damages caused
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Joseph Landau Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Based guitarist/singer/accordionist. Go to my website to see more of my music.
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