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Albany

by Geoff Burgess

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Albany 06:56
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Passing a slow moving train On the banks of the river it's starting to rain Vultures circle overhead in the gray A boat with another in tow Goes cruising up the river against the flow The channel markers bobbing to and fro I'm going home to my true love My true love waits for me I went to hear a sound Now I'm making up some ground Driving back from Albany Albany Trees pause for the farmer Who's out tilling the last of her soil The paper beside her says Oh the Gulf just filled with oil A butterfly plasters the windshield Approaching clear skies near Watertown On the stereo Don't let it bring you down Chorus The same thing happens everytime I go away The words aren't coming but you got something to say Well I don't know what you're thinking about But I'm trying to figure it out No I don't want to feel like this another day Chorus
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Down & Out 04:45
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Whenever I am down and out And the world is dark And it looks like the rain will pour forever I think of you That's all I need to do And I find that I am better Whenever I am on the street And I can't find my home My rightful place in the world I think of you That's all I need to do You are my ocean pearl Even in the summertime when the sun is high And the bees are buzzing about I wander into autumn leaves all so aimlessly It's so plain to see I'm out Whenever there are long days And I've an anguished mind And no friends to write a letter I think of you That's all I need to do And I find that I am better The snows of winter last how I wish they'd pass And don't come back again Look forward to the spring when the birds they sing If it just would mean a thing Whenever I am down and out And the world is dark And it looks like the rain will pour forever I think of you That's all I need to do (yeah) And I find that I am better
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Dear Nothing 04:21
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Crossing the Mohawk River Such a nice time on the I-90 But I'm going to slow I need a little speed I was going to call you But I need a little peace Well I stood out in the rain dear It was pouring on my head and dripping on my jeans It was falling so cold It was feeling mean The rain has feelings But you don't care for me Chorus: You are from Connecticut And I am from Ontario And I would like to let you know That I would like to let you go Cuz I'm holding on to Dear Nothing Well I'm holding on, holding on to Dear Nothing Well New York's got its wildlands I saw some wild turkeys on the side of the road They were walking around On their leathery toes The ways some people act It's like they got no place to go Chorus
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Made For You 04:20
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Welcome to the world Your family's here to see you Through foggy eyes in the afternoon This world was made, made for you Welcome to the world There's a lot to learn That you don't know you come as others go We all have tears but try not to show Chorus: When one of us passes away It all seems meaningless We hope to see them on the other side In another mould, or just the same The stars are in the sky The wind is on the beach Some things in life are always the same Some things are always out of reach Welcome to the world The place that sees you through From birth to death and in between This world was made, made for you Chorus
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Glimmer of an Eye 04:54
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You don't understand me no more No you don't understand me no more All those days are gone, you know You don't understand me no more You may find this hard to believe You may find this hard to believe Sitting here with me You may find this hard to believe Days are long and man days are slow Days are long and man days are slow Gone way too fast, but Days are long and man days are slow My oh my this house has lost its soul My oh my this house has lost its soul We were on a roll But now this house has lost it soul Maybe just a while will do me good Maybe just a while will do me good Woulda coulda shoulda Maybe just a while will do me good Down the only road I've ever known Down the only road I've ever known You don't have to go Down the only road I've ever known Looking for the glimmer of an eye Looking for the glimmer of an eye Babe I'm gonna die Looking for the glimmer of an eye
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How Long (Babe) 03:38
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Waiting for you but you ain't showing Going to sleep, but I ain't going How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me? Looking for a sign, but I ain't seeing Bleeding for you babe, but I ain't healing How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me? All these lonely nights my heart is aching I works so hard my back is breaking How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me? This silver moon, I catch it risin' And in your eyes what you're disguisin' How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me? Sitting at the bar I've come to drinking Cuz I can't tell just what you're thinking How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me? How long babe? How long babe? How long, babe you gonna make a fool outta me?
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Into The Valley 04:39
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We go into the valley tomorrow We go up on the ridge and down to the dam We go into the heart of this country of ills We go into the valley of a thousand hills We go into the city tomorrow We go past the squatters and underpass stalls We go into the heart of this city of sin We go into the city of Durban Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah-ah We went up to the countryside today We drove down the driveway of rocks and clay We came in to meet you from worlds away Oh we went up to the country on a glorious day Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah-ah, We listen to stories so heartbreaking We gape at the scenes that play out in the light We grope for the hope that tomorrow will bring Of we listen to stories well on into the night Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah Ah-ah
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The Great Return 02:47
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Down the graveyard street To the place where dead ends meet You can find me there In the dark with wings to spare And the line is long And the earth is far from all you've known And we're blending faith And the faith is sinking like a stone In the walls of mansions In the heart of random thoughts In the pulse of action In the sand beneath the rocks Where dreams are made And the horses pound them to the bone And the pulse it fades And the black of night will drive you home Out on makeshift lanes Out on languished cars that have no names Out on wings of steel Out on the curse of how we feel Take all you can Now and always till the end For the great return Is waiting for you there my friend And the line is long And the earth is far from all you've known And we're blending faith And the faith is sinking like a stone
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The Road Winds 07:56
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Getting used to the way the road winds Getting used to the way the clouds fall Getting used to the way the world Doesn't seem to be there at all Crossing the border into the steely gray Past the old school yard the way it feels today Shattered glass from the shelter stop Lying there just like yesterday This whole life's got its ups and downs I don't know of anyone who keeps it on the ground Out of luck in the laundromat No more change no more spinning sounds Getting used to the way the road winds Getting used to the way the clouds fall Getting used to the way the world Doesn't seem to be there at all Coming over the border into the steely night Somehow the old feeling we had never felt so right Like the words on a memory lane Walk on down the trees are turning again Your old bottles they roll that way Filled with mystery madness that never went away Wish that you could return them for Another chance another place to stay Empty postcards that line the street Full of worries that never panned out that never saw their feet Looking back on the years that went by Fall on past right in front of me Getting used to the way the road winds Getting used to the way the clouds fall Getting used to the way the world Doesn't seem to be there at all All is fine on the surface above the rot Where some people make millionaires and others can be bought Where the lies they can wind you up Unravel you turn you into knots Gonna miss all the things I have to leave Gonna find what I had all along but never learned to see Like the leaves on the dead end streets Looking up from pools of gasoline Wish I had what it took to run into you Wish the things that keep us apart would soon go out of bloom Wish that time had a sleep switch mounted on the wall Here inside my room Getting used to the way the road winds Getting used to the way the clouds fall Getting used to the way the world Doesn't seem to be there at all
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Separate Ways 05:34
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We all go our separate ways Into the night Into the night How long? How long? Woke up this morning and I took up all of your time This feeling how I'm feeling right now, you ought to feel it The night flies, we think Too much Love sinks How far? How far? Woke up this morning and I took up all of your time This feeling how I'm feeling right now, you ought to feel it We all go our separate ways Into the night Into the night How long? How long? Woke up this morning and I took up all of your time This feeling how I'm feeling right now, you ought to feel it
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Dream Away 01:57
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Go to sleep my little boy Go to sleep my little boy Close your eyes and dream away Close your eyes and dream away We are walking down the street We are walking down the street In the trees the robins sing In the trees the robins sing When you wake in the night When you wake in the night I will be by your side I will be by your side

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All songs were performed and recorded by Geoff Burgess in 2011.
All songs written by Geoff Burgess between 2008 and 2011.

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released January 4, 2012

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Geoff Burgess Ottawa, Ontario

Geoff Burgess is a singer-songwriter in Ottawa, Ontario, who writes songs about love, loss, time, and the natural world.

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