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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
Take me home, take me home
My hometown , my hometown
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Slices of Life
03:15
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Empty Verse:
Verse:
Saw an old man down at the beach flying a kite today
People are beautiful in so many different ways
Saw an old woman, taking in a rock n’ roll show
And the music stirred soul
Chorus:
Slices of life ... as I go walking
Slices of life ... as I go walking
Slices of life ... as I go walking
Empty Verse:
Verse:
Met a young girl, guitar in her hand
Headed down to the beach sand to sing her songs
Saw an old man walking an old dog, and I wondered
Who’s walking who, who’s helping who, who’s saving who?
Chorus:
Empty Verse:
Bridge:
I met an old Japanese man
At a Japanese onsen
Outside of Tokyo
And he showed me the wonders and ways
Of that ancient place
And I let the water wash over me
And I let the memories wash over me
Wash over me ... wash over me
Outro:
Slices of Life ... Slices of Life ... Slices of Life
End:
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Moonstruck Lady
04:37
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She sits alone in her plastic chair,
An empty face hides her despair
She reaches for a cigarette
The satisfaction helps her forget
Her broken smile is a thin disguise?
It hides the pain behind her eyes
She looks into a purple sky
And watches another day go by
Chorus:
Moonstruck Lady, hard luck lady
Whatever happened to the time?
Moonstruck lady, don't you think maybe?
There ought be a little something more to life?
You were never a beauty, but you had your ways
Now you're longing for yesterdays
The days and nights go on and on
So you light up a smoke and the memory’s gone
Chorus:
Moonstruck lady, broken hearted baby,
What ever happened to your lover?
Moonstruck lady, do you think maybe?
You could ever love another?
Solo (Play Verse)
Bridge:
Well it seems to me you never caught a break
And you put your dreams upon the shelf
Your memories are your heartbreak
So you inhale and lose yourself
Final Chorus:
Moonstruck lady, don't you think maybe
You oughta try for something better in your life?
Moonstruck lady, downtrodden baby – ooh oooh Is this your life?
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Listening to Neil
03:58
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I remember listening to ‘Decade’, my friend Woody had the LP,
I could not believe my ears, I went out and I bought one for me
Woody lived on the wrong side of town
But there was nothing that would ever bring him down
He was always so happy, he was such a good friend to me
Out in his backyard (Listening to Neil)
Banging his guitar (Listening to Neil)
Telling dirty jokes (Listening to Neil)
I remember taking my first toke
We sang heart of gold, at the high school assembly
I played the harmonica, a golden moment for Woody and me
Open up the tired eyes, Bruce Berry was a working man
Only Love Can break your Heart, the first song I ever learned on guitar
This Note’s for you (Listening to Neil)
Keep on rockin’ in the free world (Listening to Neil)
There’s a mansion on the hill (Listening to Neil)
Over and Over and Over Again
Over the woods to Cary’s house, we’d bring our guitars
Older brother singing down by the River
Underneath the summer stars
Me and Woody, Cary, and Lonnie ... singing songs to fill our hearts
I wish we never had to say goodbye, wish I could go back to the start
I spent my childhood (Listening to Neil)
It made me feel good (Listening to Neil)
Down in my basement (Listening to Neil)
Walking the pavement (Listening to Neil)
Hiding from the cops (Listening to Neil)
Don’t ever never stop (Listenintg to Neil)
Driving in my car (Listening to Neil)
You took my mind so far ...
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5. |
Marianne
04:55
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Intro:
Verse:
Hello, what’s you’re name?
I think I’m falling in love with you
These are the words I would say, If I could my way across the room
Sometimes I think,
I fall in love too easily
Lucky you, you could really make a fool of me
Chorus:
Everytime I fall in love
Everytime I fall in love
My heart warbles like a rippling stream
My mind floats into a lucid dream
Every time ... Everytime I fall in love
Every time ... Everytime I fall in love
Pre-Verse:
Verse:
Cup of coffee, corner barstool, I see you making eyes at me
Well I feel it too, but we both know
This could never be
Because After all, This is all just fantasy
Because I know there’s just no way
You’re ever coming home with me
Chorus:
Solo (VAMP on G for 16 bars):
Verse:
Passing Conversation, fleeting glances
That’s just all that it is
Because I know that true love,
Is so much more than this
Chorus:
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7. |
What You Mean To Me
04:41
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Guitar Break:
Chorus:
What you mean to me, What you mean to me
Oh I hope you can see, What you mean to me
Verse:
When I'm feeling down, you lift me up and comfort me
When I'm acting the clown, you smile and laugh along with me
You're my shoulder to lean on the champion of my dreams
Oh you help me to be the man I want to be
Chorus:
Verse:
You drew me in … with your deep dark eyes
Your gentle smile... and beautiful mind
Oh but most of all, you were oh so kind
So kind to me, baby all of the time
Guitar Break:
Verse:
I know I'm not always present, and I’m sometimes hard to find
I know sometimes I disappear and live inside my mind
But I don't have to explain it, I know you understand me
I hope I can be the man I need to be for you
Chorus:
Solo (Play Verse):
Bridge:
Baby I'm not perfect, but I'll always be your man
And I will love you, the very best I can
Chorus (x2) + Guitar Break
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8. |
Twenty Two
04:48
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Verse A:
You don’t know what you don’t know, when you’re Twenty-Two
You see no obstacles in front of you
You know it seems so easy, living day to day
With no one to serve and no bills to pay
Verse B:
You are a dreamer with stars in your eyes
But one of these you’re going to realize
We all gotta server someone, we’ve all got bills to pay
It’s time to put those dreams away
Chorus:
I ain’t giving up on dreams … How can you call me the foolish one?
Why should I give up on dreams … My journey’s just begun
Verse B:
I’d rather be a dreamer, than a cynical fool
Following somebody else’s rules
Yeah I’m just twenty-two, but I still got something to say
And you’re going to hear from me one day
Chorus:
I ain’t giving up on dreams … Go on and call me the foolish one
I ain’t giving up on dreams … My journey’s just begun
Solo (Play Verse A):
Verse B:
You don’t know what you don’t know, when you’re twenty-two
I was once a young man just like you
I followed the straight path, took the easy bet,
I did ok, but I’ve got regrets
Pre-Chorus:
Chorus:
I gave up on dreams … I tried to be the serious one
Don’t you give up on dreams, your journey’s just begun
End:
You don’t know what you don’t know, when you’re twenty-two …
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Shine A Light
05:02
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Pre-Verse:
Verse:
Yellow cabs pass me by, hissing in the streets
Cigarettes on the sidewalk, crushed under my feet
Lonely streetlight shining down on me
Help me to find the way to where I want to be
Pre-Verse:
Verse:
Another day at the office, another night on the town
Just put a bottle in front of me, and let me drink it down
Another lonely barstool, another empty head
Another night of oblivion, another empty bed
Pre-Chorus:
Chorus:
Shine A Light ... into the darknes
Shine A Light ... into my heart
Shine A Light ... pick up the pieces
Shine A Light ... tear it apart
Pre-Verse:
Verse:
I don’t write songs about love anymore, I keep my heart in a cage
Throw my soul to the wind, like an unwritten page
Roll around in the darkness hang my head in shame
No matter how hard I try, it always ends the same
Pre-Chorus:
Chorus:
Pre-Verse:
Solo (Play Verse):
Pre-Verse:
Verse:
You talk about redemption, Honey, I ain’t buying
I’m tired of the letdowns, and I’m so sick of trying
Second chances, oh they pass me by
Scatter the pieces of my broken life
Bridge:
Maybe I could find my way, if I could only see
The light that shines on everyone, also shines on me ... Final Chorus:
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10. |
Just Let It Go
04:01
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Just Let It Go, change is never easy I know
Sometimes it’s harder holding on
So Just Let It go
You Don’t have to look back in anger
Just take it for what it is
It’s a part of you, you don’t have to forget it
Just Let it go, change is never easy I know
Sometimes it’s harder to hold on
So just let it go
Chorus:
Don’t deny yourself, the feelings in your heart
It’s ok to be sad, just don’t let it own you
Seasons change, and the end becomes the start
Of something new, let me show you
Just Let it go, change is never easy I know
Sometimes it’s harder holding on
So just let it go
Solo:
Chorus:
Don’t deny yourself, the hurt that you feel
Let your emotions be your strength
Embrace uncertainty as you chart a course that’s real
Don’t try to control, just let it flow
Just let it go, sometimes you have to lose to win
One chapter closes and a new page begins
Just let it go
Just let it go (ad lib etc.)
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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?
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