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Old Roads

by Geoff Burgess

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Old Roads 02:52
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Like old roads grown over We heal with time We return to ourselves Scarred from the life Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads You might make some bad moves And make you feel bereft Like old roads grown over Till there's nothing left Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads I wonder Will you be the same Will you return to yourself Will you call my name Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads Like old roads
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Take Me Home 02:39
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Take me home To mama Take me home To the sea Here I am In West Virginia Such a lonely Place to be Take me home Take me home Take me home To the sea Take me home Take me home Take me home To the sea Well I'm twitching Cause I'm fishing In my mind On the sea But I'm stuck in West Virginia And I don't know When I'll be free Take me home Take me home Take me home To the sea Take me home Take me home Take me home To the sea Well I'm living In the mountain Where the only Thing is time But I won't forget Where I came from Cause its written On my mind Take me home Take me home Take me home To the sea Take me home Take me home Take me home Take me home Take me home To mama Take me home To the sea Here I am In West Virginia Such a lonely Place to be
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Travelling Far 04:55
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Living is a crazy thing Controlling almost everything Circling around a ring Out there You and me we took a leap Knowing we could fall down deep Now you are a part of me I feel If I am a better man When I go I won't be travelling far If I give to you my friend Then I know I won't be travelling far Life can be a fleeting thing Never knowing what it brings Circling around a ring Out there You and me we took a leap Knowing we could fall down deep Now you are a part of me I feel Now and then when I think of you Laughing cruising in a car I can see you with me now And I know you won't be travelling far You and me We got a bond so big Somebody make this thing go away You and me We got a bond so big Somebody make this thing go away Now and then when I think of you Laughing cruising in a car I can see you with me now And I know you won't be travelling far
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Berry Bushes 05:11
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Early morning on the farm Before everything awakes Walking round the shack Looking for a snack In the wee wee hours In the wee wee hours In the tall grass In the berry bushes too I contemplate life And what I mean to you In the setting sun In the glow of the moon I contemplate life And what I mean to you Get up bright and early Gotta plan the day ahead Bunch'a mouths to feed Follow someone else's lead Get the laundry done Get the laundry done In the tall grass In the berry bushes too I contemplate life And what I mean to you In the setting sun In the glow of the moon I contemplate life And what I mean to you It's an old gravel road Places with no marked names Could be anywhere But here I know Something's changed Some things change Some things change Some things change
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In a Canoe 04:00
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I'm in a canoe And as simple as day My worries have lifted Or drifted away Land of flatware And red and white pine Sunset wave patterns Like strawberry wine And there go my fears Just as simple as that The canoe and the paddle And liquid lay flat The quiet is loud I can hear little things The dragonfly clicks And the flick of their wings I turn in three-sixty's I look up and down I am fully immersed Here away from the town I'm in a canoe And as simple as day My worries have lifted Or drifted away
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Hearts 05:42
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You creep into the darkness Where I sleep surrounded by hearts And if the world knows Well it sure isn't letting on Whatever was here Now is gone Sometimes I wish That I was strong Like you Who carries the world on your shoulders More beautiful now that you're older She'll never forget what he told her Go on your way and don't look back Hearts only break when they're under attack I'll still be here out in the tool shack You can count on that Look me up when you come back Look me up when you come back Go to school And learn a lot Find a boy Who's gonna make you hot Take some time To tie the knot Life is sweet You've only got one shot Now look at you With the world on your shoulders More beautiful now That you're older Go on your way and don't look back Hearts only break when they're under attack I'll still be here out in the tool shack You can count on that Look me up when you come back Look me up when you come back You creep Into the darkness Where I sleep Surrounded by hearts And if the world knows Well it sure isn't letting on Whatever was here Now is gone Sometimes I wish That I was strong Like you Go on your way and don't look back Hearts only break when they're under attack I'll still be here out in the tool shack You can count on that Look me up when you come back Look me up when you come back Look me up when you come back Look me up when you come back
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Sailing 03:39
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When I walk I feel your silence Wrapped around me like a blanket And the rain sheds down From the silent layered clouds Above my head Piece it all together now Sometimes overwhelming But I know I'll get through this I know There are times when you'll be sailing Out on clear blue open waters There are times when the wind Will blow a hole right through your skin And leave you with nothin Piece it all together now Sometimes overwhelming But I know you'll get through this I know *** Piece it all together now Sometimes overwhelming But I know I'll get through this I know Piece it all together now Sometimes overwhelming But I know you'll get through this I know
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Thinking of You Again 05:19
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I still have your sleeping bag It reminds me of our trip I still have your black book It reminds me of your wit I still have your guitar strap It reminds me of your heart I still have your tennis racket Although it’s falling apart There I go thinking of you again There I go thinking of you again I still have your CDs Though I can’t play them anymore I still have your blue vase It reminds me of your core I still have your angel Flying in the Milky Way I still have your letters That you wrote to me one day There I go thinking of you again There I go thinking of you again I wonder how to thank you I wonder if you’d mind I wonder how to tell you Tell you that I’m fine I wonder how to thank you I wonder if you’d mind I wonder how to tell you Tell you that I’m fine
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Skyscraper 05:38
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You are still there Always will be But you're fading Like a skyscraper In my rearview And I'm gonna Find my way back Back to you Someday Now I'm walking Down a river And you're whispering In my ear Oh I'm walking Down a river And you're whispering In my ear Sometimes we can Be so trouble And on the verge of All out war Then you step back Then you realize We're so far from The dawn of time And my angel Walks beside me In the dark and quiet night And my angel Walks beside me In the darkness of the night I've been searching For the meaning Of our sadness All this time I might have you For one fleeting Little moment Of my life Don't go darling It's not over See the twinkle In your eye Don't go darling It's not over See the twinkle In your eye
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Power Outages 03:30
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Give me power outages Every now and then Cause time slows down and I can breathe again Sit in candlelight Warm shadows that bind Thinking thoughts I haven't In a long long time Going back to my hometown Counting all the steps All the places I've been All the faces I've left Though our future's uncertain Our past is so clear It unfolded around us Then it fell like a tear My darling tomorrow I wish I could stay Hold you till someone Comes to pull me away *** Every night every morning I will rise to be seen Every night every morning I will rise to be seen Give me power outages Every now and then Cause time slows down and I can breathe Again
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This Boat 03:24
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This boat will be my bride This boat will be my bride This boat will be my bride It'll take me to the other side Alright This sea will take us in This sea will take us in This sea will take us in But we will surface up again Alright This tree will always stand This tree will always stand This tree will always stand It'll give us a helping hand Alright Heaven knows where the river and the railroads cross Heard 'em say that you can only find yourself if you get lost Oh oh oh oh oh oh I want to treat you kind I want to treat you kind I want to treat you kind And live with you if you don't mind Alright Heaven knows where the river and the railroads cross Heard 'em say that you can only find yourself if you get lost Oh oh oh oh oh oh
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40 Degrees 03:57
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When you're young And you don't know better What do you do Do you run around in sweaters On the hot night 40 degrees in the summer Looking for a lover When you're awake And lying in the rain again Gotta feel something Splashing on your face Until the hot night 40 degrees in the summer Looking for a lover When you're young And under so much pressure To find someone To give you all that pleasure On the hot night 40 degrees in the summer Looking for a lover When you're young It's easy to get jaded Finding your way Maybe intoxicated On the hot night 40 degrees in the summer Can't find a lover When you're young And you don't know better What do you do Do you run around in sweaters On the hot night 40 degrees in the summer Looking for a lover
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Drop in the Ocean 04:09
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Tonight With no clouds With no moon And the lapping of the waves I stand With no one With the loons And the stars above the lake And I breathe it in No one can know when they'll be here again And I soak it in Cuz life is just a drop in the ocean If I stare Out to space The black wall With holes poked all over the place If I dive In the deep To return To the air when it hits my face And I breathe it in No one can know when they'll be here again And I soak it in Cuz life is just a drop in the ocean
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Ali 04:57
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Gonna float like a butterfly And sting like a bee Out of these ashes like Muhammed Ali Gonna fight till it's over Until we are free Out in the masses like Muhammed Ali I learned from the hand That power doesn't make a man Neither does money, fame or greed Respect the land Without it you wouldn't stand Remember that won't you baby Gonna float like a butterfly And sting like a bee Out of these ashes like Muhammed Ali Gonna fight till it's over Until we are free Out in the masses like Muhammed Ali They built the system high It favoured only white guys Others started from their knees Generations on The legacy lives on We gotta break it down rip it at the seams We gotta break it down rip it at the seams Gonna float like a butterfly And sting like a bee Out of these ashes like Muhammed Ali Gonna fight till it's over Until we are free Out in the masses like Muhammed Ali They built the system high It favoured only white guys Others started from their knees Generations on The legacy lives on We gotta break it down rip it at the seams We gotta break it down rip it at the seams Gonna float like a butterfly And sting like a bee Out of these ashes like Muhammed Ali Gonna fight till it's over Until we are free Out in the masses like Muhammed Ali

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This album was recorded during the summer and fall of 2021. All songs were written in 2020 or 2021 during the pandemic, with the exception of "Hearts" which is from the mid-2000's. "Drop in the Ocean" was both written and recorded one evening in the summer of 2021 . All songs are performed on a Guitalele, which became my new favourite instrument this year.

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released December 24, 2021

All songs written and recorded by Geoff Burgess

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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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