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DNA

by Geoff Burgess

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1.
Back Tomorrow 04:04
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So you're coming back tomorrow From your trip away I don't know how I lived here And made it through the day Trust me when I tell you I only just survived The kids all did their homework The plants have been revived Can't wait to see you You're coming back Coming back tomorrow The hardest part was not knowing What's coming up ahead The days are getting shorter It feels we'll soon be dead I want to take more moments To see you in the sun To wander under treetops To laugh and have some fun Can't wait to see you You're coming back Coming back tomorrow Can't wait to see you You're coming back Coming back tomorrow
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DNA 05:15
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At 5 or 6 o'clock Before the loudness of the world takes over The music of the birds Takes the stage and is never the same The sun's just coming up Through the trees creating long shadows People moving slow That'll change don't we know It's our DNA our DNA our DNA We're learning as we go Crashing rivers flow Our moment in this expanse of time I wouldn't mind you here Just to have you near Would ease my worried mind I can't escape the signs The follow me like a shadow I remember where you were that night But I'm not letting it hold me down The fire doesn't burn eternal But it can get us through the driving rain Lying in the glow I wonder Am I really so far away From your DNA your DNA your DNA You're learning as you go Crashing rivers flow Your moment in this expanse of time I wouldn't mind you here Just to have you near Would ease my worried mind Look up at the moon Calling to me all this time My hands reach out to touch In the dark in the dead of night My muscles relax when I hear you Calling out to show me the way Feet move out from beneath me Take me back to where I came My DNA My DNA My DNA I'm learning as I go Crashing rivers flow My moment in this expanse of time I wouldn't mind you here Just to have you near Would ease my worried mind I wouldn't mind you here Just to have you near Would ease my worried mind Would ease my worried mind
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Over Now 03:52
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Should have left you a note Thought about it on the way out the door Now I'm a long way from home And I'm eating by the telephone It's over now It's over now People tell me I'll be fine But they're running out of their precious time Hard to cut away the grime From the steps I have to climb It's over now It's over now It's seven o'clock I should be sleeping but I'm not Unpacking all the noise Need to feel the strings on my voice It's over now It's over now It's over now It's over now
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Hand Grenade 03:29
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When you walk in the room You know what I want to do You got that look upon you It doesn't make a difference to You're like a hand grenade You could use a serenade But all I see are razor blades And it's getting so late All along the writings on the radio All along you hear me on the radio When you walk in the room You know what I want to do You got that look upon you It doesn't make a difference to You're like a hand grenade You could use a serenade But all I see are razor blades And it's getting so late All along the shoreline is lit up for you All along I can't control myself for you When you walk in the room You know what I want to do You got that look upon you It doesn't make a difference to You're like a hand grenade You could use a serenade But all I see are razor blades And it's getting so late
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Winding River 06:50
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It was only just yesterday It was my nineteenth birthday I was in a basement bar room I was drunk under the full moon You walked me home that night Everything just felt so right I could have said anything at all It was the start of a new dawn Change comes fast Love burns slow Not much else You need to know We are on a winding river you and me Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate And it's learning as you go Changes in the scenery You can't forget what lies beneath Before we knew it we were all grown Finished school got jobs and bought a home Went over a waterfall We were capsized in the new dawn Change comes fast Love burns slow Not much else You need to know We are on a winding river you and me Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate And it's learning as you go Changes in the scenery You can't forget what lies beneath The kids come home from school alone We're all handcuffed to a phone Twenty years waking up to you Only you can know the things that I've been through Change comes fast Love burns slow Not much else You need to know We are on a winding river you and me Sometimes it gets rough and hard to navigate And it's learning as you go Changes in the scenery You can't forget what lies beneath
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Song For You 03:30
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I wrote a song just for you I was laughing as I walked Skipping as you talked This is all that matters to me The rain was pouring from the sky But no we did not cry We didn't wonder why We stood outside and waited for the light I love you and you love me This is all I really need to have The sea is blue and the land is green I know it is and I know I can't come back I have so many little things Sitting all around Just strangers to me now Is this just a place for lost and found I wish I had you on my ship From here we'd sail away We'd learn another way We'd lay under the stars till the brand new day I love you and you love me This is all I really need to have The sea is blue and the land is green I know it is and I know I can't come back
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It All Evens Out 03:32
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Bad luck and good luck On time and late It all evens out in the end But not love and anger Or love and hate Toward love that should always tend Like ripples in the water Like the bending of a page Like laughter at a funeral Like fear upon the stage It'll all come full circle It'll all come full circle One day Criticized or flattered Working hard to take a break It all evens out in the end So when you're feeling lonely Too many people around Some are up when you're feeling down Like ripples in the water Like the bending of a page Like laughter at a funeral Like fear upon the stage It'll all come full circle It'll all come full circle One day
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Rock Song 04:52
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Behind the wheel but there's no driver You're thinking about something else About how much time you have About how much time you have We'll try to solve some problems But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere So turn on a good rock song So turn on a good rock song Behind the wheel but there's no driver You're thinking about something else About how much time you have About how much time you have We'll try to solve some problems But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere So turn on a good rock song So turn on a good rock song Short and sweet Long and deep Hard and fast Slow and groovy Slow and groovy Slow and groovy We'll try to solve some problems But don't worry there'll be plenty left for you I'm sorry I know that doesn't sound sincere So turn on a good rock song So turn on a good rock song Short and sweet Long and deep Hard and fast Slow and groovy Slow and groovy Slow and groovy
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Piece of You 03:40
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I've been feeling like I'm on fire And it's burning to the core It's not like me to be needy But I'm needing something more This old house The car I drive My old guitar My daily grind I'd trade them all for you Just a piece of you If I go one way and you go yours And the two ways never cross I hope to find you in between If it means we both get lost This old house The car I drive My old guitar My daily grind I'd trade them all for you Just a piece of you I've been walking in circles lately And getting all tied up If I walked straight and pulled my weight I might be good enough This old house The car I drive My old guitar My daily grind I'd trade them all for you Just a piece of you It doesn't matter where I go This craving feeling never goes I know just what will do A little piece of you
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Come Back To Me 06:15
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Took so many years to find love Would we leave it all behind Would we leave it all behind love Took so many years to find So I'm running over fields now I'm jumping over fences now I'm wondering what you feel now After all that I've heard I couldn't wait to see you again Life's just not the same Don't want this ride to end Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on So come back to me Come back to me I try not to get distracted When you're far away from home Cause time could stop tomorrow And I don't want to be alone So I'm running over fields now I'm jumping over fences now I'm wondering what you feel now After all that I've heard I couldn't wait to see you again Life's just not the same Don't want this ride to end Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on So come back to me Come back to me So I'm running over fields now I'm jumping over fences now I'm wondering what you feel now After all that you've heard I couldn't wait to see you again Life's just not the same Don't want this ride to end Don't want to feel this pain or pass it on So come back to me Come back to me
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It Is What It Is 04:34
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I tell you I'm dreaming You don't like it that way You want to hear meaning You want the real me to play My mind walks a fine line We all do sometimes I keep going places So hard to describe It is what it is Well what does that mean? I'm different from you And that's alright with me When I go off alone Seeking time to unwind And the noise that surrounds you Well it runs down my spine I'm a little bit suited To time out of mind You are progress in action You are cunning you are kind It is what it is Well what does that mean? I'm different from you And that's alright with me It is what it is Well what does that mean? I'm different from you And that's alright with me
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When It All Comes Around 03:30
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My love knows no bounds But I'm a lonely man What's going on? What's going wrong? O o o o o O o o o o My hearts been sinking low To the shade in the pit of my soul I know I can't let it go But there's something I want you to know When it all comes around When they all leave your town When they all let you down I'll be waiting for you I'll run as fast as I can I'll try as hard as I might I'll never give up on you I'll never back down from a fight O o o o o O o o o o My hearts been sinking low To the shade in the pit of my soul I know I can't let it go But there's something I want you to know When it all comes around When they all leave your town When they all let you down I'll be waiting for you
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Trodden Path 05:45
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On a trodden path Where the grass don't grow Snaked across the country Till we built the roads People walked to places Not that far away Now we live to travel A hundred miles a day Deep inside the mirror I can see the real soul Look into his eyes Boy I don't know which way to go Now there's a storm growing over the southern skies The north is cold but less paralyzed We can see the place but we don't know which way to go Our hands have reached For the arms of a witness But with every touch We beg their forgiveness Shadow glass is hiding What goes on inside The pictures that you paint Need to see the light Deep inside the mirror You can see the real soul Look into those eyes But they don't know which way to go You've never had something so safe and assured But it's all you've ever had and you still want more You can see the place but you don't know which way to go There'll come a day When you'll lose someone I can tell you it'll be Harder than you can even conceive But if you know their dreams If you gave them a listen They can live forever And the love will keep givin' Now I know you're there Like the spray from the waterfall And I'm floating above Where I once stood strong and tall And I can feel it on my hands and on my face Where I left is just a piece of space I can see you there like the spray from the waterfall
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Winter Blues 03:22
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Cold blowing across these fields it plays like a rotten deal These winter blues are coming soon And you can come so undone Each and every one Dancing on through These winter blues You feel it in your heart The way to make me start I hope I have you all day through The floorboards creak and moan The winds outside they groan Blowing away the old for new Time can get to be so unkind But it's something that I don't mind Cause I have you to pull me through If you just don't feel this way And you can't find the words to say These winter blues will find me soon You feel it in your heart The way to make me start I hope I have you all day through The floorboards creak and moan The winds outside they groan Blowing away the old for new Blowing away the old for new...
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Tearjerker 03:26
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When I look back through photographs And I see all of our young faces Smiling for the camera Showing off our braces It's a tearjerker Nothing but tears Then thirty years come rolling in They come and go like a city fair Memories fade into the sunset And most do not escape there It's a tearjerker Nothing but tears Fall to the floor Rolling away Wanted to see you Wish you could have stayed It's a tearjerker Nothing but tears Now a song comes on the radio And I'm sitting alone in my parked car And every word hits another chord And I imagine where you are Now a song comes on the radio And I'm sitting alone in my parked car And every word hits another chord And I imagine where you are It's a tearjerker Nothing but tears It's a tearjerker Nothing but tears It's a tearjerker...

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released August 21, 2017

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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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