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Hondarribia
03:37
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Hue’s Iberian, lungs are French, my hands are calloused like my father’s.
Steps I take where they once took, like movements from a dance I knew.
Greatest gift you ever gave me, wrapped and coddled like a baby.
I know the moment I look up, I’ll see the life he meant for us.
Sailed away on ocean waves, he sought a distant land to trailblaze.
Found the cape and set up shop in Nova Scotia’s melting pot.
Landlocked here from need of change, was once a fisherman from Spain.
Building budding steel with men who struggle to pronounce his name.
Tell me every story you know,
So I can pass them on to my own.
Smallest actions tend to cause/effect.
I give you my utmost heartfelt respect.
Tell me every story that you know,
So I can pass them on to my own.
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Edmonton
03:37
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In the spring we halt in Edmonton.
In the fall we’re carried from home.
In the scalding heat we wet our feet.
In the cold a cotton storm.
In the prairie land we craft our nest.
In the ground we make it whole.
In the days and weeks that come and go.
In the months and years it’s home.
The more I give of what I’ve saved,
Me and mine take shape.
Indebted milestones, carving soapstones.
We refrain. We refrain.
In the end we’re drawn to Edmonton.
In the plane it hits me most.
In the sunrise glow off westward snow,
I start a lifelong road.
The more I give of what I’ve saved,
Me and mine take shape.
Indebted milestones, carving soapstones.
We refrain. We refrain.
The more I give of what I’ve saved,
Me and mine take shape.
Indebted milestones, carving soapstones.
We refrain. We refrain.
We refrain. We refrain.
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Alexandria
02:47
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Was I curtained by the Phantom who was shifty in his quest?
Stating: “You are not my patrons, you are animals at best.”
Oh, how far we’ve come.
How far we'll go.
Was I brooding 'bout the course, or leaning in upon your ear?
Saying, “I was never meant to ever stumble on you here.”
So, how far we’ve come.
How far we'll go.
How far we've come.
How far we’ll go.
I'm Guilty.
Arrange my things that need be.
Politely ask for scenery.
Cross my arms and nod my head.
I'm Guilty.
Arrange my things that need be.
Politely ask for scenery.
Cross my arms and nod my head.
Guilty.
Despite my pleas, I’m guilty.
No proof or testimonies.
Cross my arms and nod my head.
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Saint-Aug (Townie)
03:36
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I think I’ve spotted a Townie.
I think you see them too.
With his house in a row.
Everybody he knows here.
I think I’ve spotted a Townie.
Up close I know for sure.
Any time out of the blue,
Sees folks from his high school.
I think I’ve spotted a Townie.
Shame how he peaked so soon.
Moment’s passed, it is too late now.
Comparing wage and his weight here.
I think I’ve spotted a Townie.
Years since we’ve known what to do.
But the words get caught in my throat
So I put my thoughts to paper, and I wrote:
“Good God, I think I’m a townie.
Good God, I think I’m a ghost.
Good God, I think I'm a townie.
Good God, I think I’m a ghost.”
“Countless klicks with little rest.
Back and forth and damn depressed.
I'm underwhelmed and overstressed.
Back and forth and damn depressed.”
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Okies Gatineau, Québec
Okies are an Indie Folk band composed of one guy in four different fonts. They hail from Aylmer, on the Quebec side of the river in the National Capital Region.
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