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Allston Sidewalks

from A Visible Breath by Long Ride Home

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in my dream the sun was a halo round yer face in the hot summer wind
and you floated above like an angel,
well things seemed so much better back then
as an ambulance wails down north beacon
I sit in twin donuts and coffee I drink
have a cigarette out on the corner
and stare at the skyscrapers out towards the sea
you were working as you always worked,
I was there fucking up as I so often do
but here in this place no one else can relate
so I'm still writin' songs about you

all that I feel is old these days, my joints they ache, my memories fade
but I won't forget the things you said, oh yeah I'm ready to grow young again.

and I loved you then as I love you still,
yeah we watched as our friends did take flight
and crash to the ground or soar oh so close to the sun,
we are all the children of icarus
and this war may be lost but we'll fight to the end
for these rooftop sunrises, our coastal defenses are failing,
we've been failing, I've been failing

old friend we've seen more through these years
than most people do in lifetimes
as I ride home I smile as I pass those places where we used to hang
theres blood on the sidewalk and fumes in the air
they locked up the billboard and shut down the space,
but we ain't dead yet even if sometimes that wouldn't really seem so bad.

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from A Visible Breath, released December 22, 2014

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