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All the Windows
02:57
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And all the windows stood weeping
As I walked out into the lane
And how the earth started seeping
As if it couldn’t bear the rain
And all the colours were stolen
That even black had turned to grey
And how the rain-clouds were swollen
With thoughts of vanquishing the day
And all the townsmen turned violent
Their deepest bitterness revealed
And how the chapels fell silent
Their doors were bolted and sealed
And all the barrows were bursting
With every soul I ever knew
And how the wakers were thirsting
For something meaningful to do
And all the swallows were starting
To shake the dust off from their wings
And how the trees mourned their parting
They sorrowed deep within their rings
And all the windows stood weeping
As I walked out into the lane
And how the earth started seeping
As if it couldn’t bear the rain
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2. |
I've Been Avoiding
02:02
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I’ve been avoiding
A thought shaped like her
It’s not rewarding
It’s not one to share
It’s a suggestion
I should probably leave well alone
I’m not one to moan
Why’m I recording
This song of regret?
I don’t know, man
Just for a geg?
Maybe I should stop now
Before I open old wounds
It’s probably a waste of a tune.
See what you did there?
You dodged it again.
You let yourself go there
To hide from the pain
But when you most expect it
True love will kick you when you’re down
- oh! how her eyes were brown.
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Winter into Winter
02:27
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The smell of dry dust burning
From a five dollar heater
Fills the room with a certain comfort.
Outside the rain is falling
With ice and snow and hail commingled;
But here I am safe from winter storms.
It's been a long time since I've seen the summer
It's always winter, rarely Christmas:
I wouldn't call myself content.
I am a lonely sparrow.
I have the briefest moment
Of comfort within these homely walls.
I pass from winter into winter.
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Gonna take it nice and easy
gonna take it nice and slow
Don't need a lot of money
Don't need a lot of dough
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Moving to Montreal
Gonna get myself an academic job
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Gotta get out of the country
Gotta get into the snow
Gotta get back to Canada
Why, I just don't know
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Moving to Montreal
Gonna get myself an academic job
Cause I'm moving there in the Fall
If not in the Fall, maybe in a couple of summers' time
If not then, some other time.
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Moving to Montreal
Gonna get myself an academic job
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Won't care about nothing at all
Cause I'm moving to Montreal
Everybody needs somewhere to fall
They all wanna move to Montreal
Everybody needs somewhere to fall
They all wanna move to Montreal
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Cotton Tiberius Toronto, Ontario
'A flat but persevering songster both in and out of the bath'. Influences include: Nick Lowe, The Buzzcocks, The Pretenders, Jonathan Richman, Fiery Furnaces, Yo La Tengo, The New Pornographers, Roy Wood, Belle and Sebastian...
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