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My Hometown
03:42
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Intro:
They say you can never go back to your hometown
No don't you ever go back it'll only bring you down
Intro-Chorus:
My hometown, my hometown
Verse:
Empty storefronts lining empty streets
Calling out for the old days, crying out to me
They boarded up my old school, They cut down all the trees
They tore down the corner store, where we used to meet
South Market, Orange Crush
Just a silly little memory
But it means so much … To me....
My hometown, my hometown
Faded dreams and memories, beckoning me,
My hometown, my hometown
Hanging out at the Top Hat, And Mary's Lunch
Talking to the hard cases and the all day drunks
Pumping quarters, into the pinball machines
You'll never amount to nothing, My teacher said to me
I just smile, shrug it off
Hear my old man's laughter
Turn into smokers cough
My hometown, my hometown
Thinking about the days gone by, don’t it make you cry?
My hometown, my hometown
Solo: (play chorus)
Bridge:
The say you can never go back to the way that you used to be
That's a truth that's hard to swallow, for a guy like me … (I’m going)
My hometown , my hometown
My hometown , my hometown
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2. |
Out Of The Blue
03:07
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Intro:
Chorus:
Out of the blue, Out of the blue
Out of the blue … out of the blue
Verse:
You came along when I needed you
You came along like a bolt from the blue
Tag:
ooo ooo ooo …. out of the blue ooo
CHORUS:
Out of the blue, Out of the blue
Out of the blue … out of the blue
Bridge:
Well you took me, right back home and shook me,
And that was the day I fell in love
SOLO (Play Chorus + Bridge)
Verse (x2):
I was sitting alone on an old bar stool
Head on the rail like a drunken fool
You came and you rescued myself from me
You showed me the light that I needed to see
Bridge:
Oh you saved me, mama and you gave me
The love and the strength I needed to pull through
CHORUS:
Out of the blue, Out of the blue
Out of the blue … out of the blue
Outro:
Well you took me, right back home and shook me,
And that was the day I fell in love, Mama that was the day I fell in love
Yeah that was the day I fell in love with you ….
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Yesterday when I was young
I wondered if all my songs would be sung
I wondered if they'd be heard by someone
Yesterday when I was young
I wrote a letter yesterday
I tried to write down things I thought I'd never say
I walked to the corner, and I mailed it to no one
Yesterday when I was young
CHORUS:
Yesterday when I was young
I never thought I needed any one
I stood alone facing the sun
Yesterday when I was young
Solo:
Lately I fear I'm getting old
And that maybe all my stories have been told
What if they never been heard by anyone?
Like Yesterday when I was young
CHORUS:
Yesterday when I was young
Did I really think I needed no one?
Would I stand alone facing the sun?
Yesterday when I was young
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Goulais Bay
04:53
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I didn't know that I was in paradise,
I never knew I had it so good
Cold water lapping up against the rocks
Morning sun peaking through the woods
I headed south to find the city life
I had something to show the world
Not really sure just what I was looking for
But I fell in love with a beautiful girl
I travelled many thousand miles
Well I rambled and I roamed
She makes everyday a paradise
We laugh and love so easily
I never feel the need to apologize
She only brings out the best in me
I travelled many thousand miles,
Only to find my way back home
I didn't know that this was paradise
I never knew I had it so good
Lying in the comfort of her caress
Northern breeze blowing through the woods
Lying in the comfort of her caress
Northern breeze blowing through the woods
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Great Northern Road
03:20
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I'm getting tired of this city life,
Going back to the place that I once growed,
There ain't no psychedelic fisherman,
Out on that Great Northern Road
In the city I could not seem to catch my breath,
Out there the pace has rather slowed,
I got a bed made out of evergreen,
Out on that Great Northern Road
CHORUS:
Mama won't you meet me at the station,
Children won't you please come home?
You're looking kind of down in the holler,
And you're looking most alone
I never had a problem with directions
I just follow my nose
I get my sweetest recollections
Out on that Great Norther Road
CHORUS:
Mama won't you meet me at the station,
Children won't you please come home?
You're looking kind of down in the holler,
And you're looking most alone
I never suffered from a lack of sleep
My appetite just grows and grows
Blue fly buzzing in the afternoon
Out on that Great Northern Road
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Picture
02:16
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We could have had it all
We could have had it all
Then I went and I took the fall
Now I'm just picture sitting in a frame hanging in the hall
Hanging on the wall
How could I have been so shallow?
To think that it was all up to me?
How could I have been so shallow?
Now I'm just a picture sitting in a frame at the edge of your piano
At the edge of your piano …
How could I have been so blind?
How could I be so unkind to you?
Now I'm just a picture sitting in a frame hanging in the hall
Hanging on the wall
Now I'm just a picture sitting in a frame at the edge of your piano
At the edge of your piano
At the edge of your piano
At the edge of your piano
Now I'm just a picture sitting in a frame by the side of your bed
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7. |
She's Older Than Me
03:46
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She's older than me,
She sings beautifully
She's got a husky voice
Was she a smoker in her younger years?
She's long and black and beautiful
A little thicker than I'm used to
She's got traces of silver and white
She could be my companion
On those lonely days of isolation
She will sing me her songs
A favour from an old friend,
That's how I made her acquaintance
At a time, when I really needed her
To help me through,
These lonely days of isolation
Sing me your songs
Sing me your songs
Sing me your songs
Sing me your songs
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I finally think I found what I've been looking for
I finally think I finally got it right
I finally think I found what I've been looking for
And baby I'm looking at you tonight
I finally think I found what I've been looking for
I finally think I finally got it right
I finally think I found what I've been looking for
And baby I'm looking at you tonight
I picture you in a museum
Venus De Milo with a Mona Lisa smile
If they dropped me down in the Colisseum
I'd fight those lions and tigers
And run a marathon mile
Just to see you smile
That Mona Lisa smile
I've been searching such a long time
Through every smoke filled bar room far and wide
On a winter's eve I finally found you
I'm so glad just to have you by my side
Oooh oooo ooo
Yeah Yeah Yeah
I finally think I found what I've been looking for
I finally think I finally got it right
I finally think I found what I've been looking for
And baby I'm looking at you tonight
C'mon baby I'm looking at you tonight
C'mon baby I'm looking at you tonight
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Last Forever
03:26
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I believe that love can last forever
But it don't always work that way
Turning the pages of the letter that you wrote to me
I'm sorry, but I don't think I can stay
You said our love would be forever
But now you've had a change of heart
So you leave me here just crying in the doorway
Well I'm sorry, but I think I need to start
Walking away from you,
I just don't think that I could do,
What you have done to me
Isn't love supposed to last forever?
Well it didn't work out that way for me
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10. |
It's Ok To Be Beautiful
06:27
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It's OK To Be Beautiful
It's OK To Be Kind
It's OK To Be Beautiful
It's OK To Be Kind
And If they don't like that you are beautiful
Well don't you pay them any mind
Because it's OK To Be Beautiful
It's OK To Be Kind
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11. |
We Will Stay The Same
03:40
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Gentle sun and a summer breeze,
Lying underneath the trees,
And I'm on my own,
But I'm not alone
Because I can feel you here with me,
In my heart you will always be,
You're the one I love,
The one I dream of
Things will change and time will pass,
But we will stay the same,
And if I fall you will rescue me,
And I will do the same
I put my feet in the shifting sand,
You came along and you held my hand,
And you steadied me,
Said we would always be
And if you go I will follow you,
And if I go you will follow me too,
Because I've got you,
And you've got me too
Things will change and time will pass,
But we will stay the same,
And if you fall I will rescue you,
And you will do the same
Life can be a winding road,
Well it's easier when you can share the load,
Like we do
Things will change and time will pass,
But we will stay the same,
And if I fall you will rescue me,
And I will do the same
Things will change and time will pass,
But we will stay the same,
And if you fall I will rescue you,
And you will do the same
We will stay
Stay the same
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12. |
Moneytown
04:27
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Can't get right, can't get straight,
Feels like you're always two days late,
And you don't see no friends around,
Everyone's alone in Money Town
You claw and fight just to reach the top,
You ain't got time for Mom & Pop
Why don't we tear the old store down
No room for you, in Money Town
Money Town, Money Town
So much money, you could drown
You see the red, you start to run,
You barely make the 501
Don't you know that even the ups are down
When you're living in money town
Money Town, Money Town
So much money, you could drown
Money Town, Money Town
So much money, you could drown
You know, that even the ups are down
When you're living in money town
Just another day, In Money Town
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13. |
She Dreams In Colours
03:21
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She dreams in colours
I dream in black and white
She sees the world in a different light
She walks beside me,
Even in my darkest night
She dreams in colours
I dream in black and white
She comes to me in the morning,
I can smell the coffee from my bed,
And later on as the day is waning,
I've got a place to lay my head
She dreams in colours
I dream in black and white
She sees the world in a different light
She walks beside me,
Even in my darkest night
She dreams in colours
I dream in black and white
She opens up my eyes to colours
She show me things I've never seen
And as our time on earth is waning
She knows that all we can do is dream
I dream in colours,
I used to dream in black & white,
She showed my the world in a different light
With her beside me,
I can weather any fight
We dream together in colours every night
We dream in colours together every night
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Johnny (2023 Version)
04:25
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You died as you lived; anonymously
And I never knew your name so I call you “Johnny”
And I must have walked on past, A thousand guys like you
On the streets of Toronto, or back home in the Sault
Johnny on a park bench
Johnny in the street
Johnny at the shopping mall
with borrowed shoes on his feet
And did it ever occur to me to say “Johnny How you doing today?”
Oh Johnny, I hope that everything's OK
Well you let a sigh with your hands to the sky
As you went to meet your fate
Now they're pounding your chest and there's a crowd gathered 'round
But I fear it's too late
To save you now, we've missed our chance
by 20 odd years it seems
We should've reached out to that younger man
Who still had hopes and dreams
Johnny on a park bench
Johnny in the street
Johnny at the shopping mall
with borrowed shoes on his feet
And did it ever occur to me to say “Johnny How you doing today?”
Oh Johnny, I hope that everything's OK
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Woke up this morning with those small town blues,
I've got to go somewhere where I don't need to wear no shoes
Grab me a bucket of chicken
And a bottle of booze
Cool Mornings, and hot afternoons
I need some sun and sand to melt away my blues
Make all my problems,
Feel like yesterday's news
Driving north on Highway 17
To the prettiest waters you’ve ever seen
Let the beauty surround me
I’m so serene
Cool mornings, and hot afternoons
On days like these, when I’m feeling confused
I lay me down in the sand,
Under the sky so blue
SOLO:
Hot sun shining down on Pancake Bay
Cool breeze blowing my blues away
Waves crashing on the beach
It’s a beautiful day
SOLO:
Cool mornings, and hot afternoons
Cool mornings, and hot afternoons
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Eric & The Soo Toronto, Ontario
While Eric & The Soo's debut album "Small Town Dreamer" saw Toronto-based songwriter Eric Brombacher looking inwards and
backwards to his past and his childhood in his hometown of Sault Ste. Marie, his follow-up "Modern Dystopia" sees him looking more outwards and forwards, at society as a whole and at our future on this beautiful planet we call Earth.
Is there still hope for our beautiful world?
... more
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