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A Falling Waltz

by The Gallerist

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1.
Songbirds (free) 02:00
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I only sleep when I’m dreaming of you But dreams can’t compete when that morning light comes shining through ‘Cause in the morning, I remember How could I forget? The sweetest song that the birds had ever sung Will wake me from my rest There’s times when I grow lonely My soul is hungry and I am tired But those pains will only Last a little while ‘Cause in the morning, I remember How could I forget? The sweetest song that the birds had ever sung Will wake me from my rest
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A Falling Waltz 04:55
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Lovely lady, almost murdered you, We all almost did But giving it a bit of thought, and considering where you’ve been I forgive you my friend We all fall down - No matter how many times we try to waltz. We fall down. We’ve all been thrown ‘round by the tide Felt like we were drowning Some times take tax on the tip of your tongue But time’s take on things is meaningless Brushing off a little dust must be done from time to time You are always welcome here We all fall down - No matter how many times we try to waltz. We fall down. We’ve all been thrown ‘round by the tide Felt like we were drowning
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Crumbs 01:44
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Lonely road, all my bridges sure don’t lead me anywhere Just crumbs for crows, lord knows I feel it I sure can’t breathe me any air So I take a breath of air One if by land, two if by scenic sea I’ve seen it. Once was enough. So I take a breath of air
4.
Yesterday's News Today 03:01
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Poured a weak cup of watery coffee Reading yesterday’s old news. missed the train, ain’t got no fare Here’s hopin’ I still get to you It’s rain, it’s snow, it’s hard to tell I’ll tell you what: it’s all soon ice It’s hard to say what keeps me steady When my feet slip up and I can’t walk right But if I can just get up some speed, I won’t have to worry ‘bout time Just hold my cards to my chest and hope for the best Hold my breath, things'll be alright It’s a Saturday, gray and lonely And no one came to kiss her hand To say “My darling, my darling I’m sorry that this weather ever happened again” Winter weeks grow long, Till every second in an hour is a day Only feeling is cold, only age is old You gotta hold your breath, things will be okay
5.
Washed Away 03:15
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When it’s nighttime on the delta, And the fishers all go home, There’s a hush over the river And even she feels alone The fish under the water Sink deep into their beds They all know not to be seen When that river floods again She’s coming when she likes She’ll leave nothing behind That levee, it ain’t the end She’ll come back again Mother nature pay attention To what your child did today Don’t you have a single shred of heart left? Or was it all washed away? If this weather never lets up And if the sun, he was gone, I’d still never understand this What the hell did I do wrong?
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The Self-Taught Man 03:06
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I don’t see a way out from here my friend Surrender’s time has come I’ll soon be strange struck with my luck, soon after I am the lonely one This mine is ours as far as I can tell And soot for strangers’ eyes He’ll soon be strange struck, the self-taught man He is the lonely one Must I choose what has changed? Myself or the thing? The sea or the stone? I must choose what has changed! Myself or the thing I think I am cured! 
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A Parent Apology (free) 06:17
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I want to go not meaning to leave, meaning I want to stay. But this coast won’t hold me. Well the second generation puts food on the table, But the third is the first to want more Her mom and her dad gave up everything just to give her what she had She knows all about them, but there’s no more turning back, no more giving a damn. Out here, on your own, it doesn’t matter how you pay the rent just as long as you get it done By the first of the month. “Oh, I’m sorry all my daughters! Oh, I’m sorry all my sons!” Well, the sunlight looks good on her. It would look good on anyone Except her shades can’t shake the sun Gretel left a trail of gunpowder behind her, just in case she never wanted to come back Her mom and her dad gave up everything just to give her what she had She knows all about them, but there’s no more turning back, no more giving a damn. Out here, on your own, it doesn’t matter how you pay the rent just as long as you get it done By the first of the month. “Oh, I’m sorry all my daughters! Oh, I’m sorry all my sons!”

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released August 30, 2011

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The Gallerist is a rock band based on the North Shore of Boston with a sound that has been compared to the likes of Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and On the Beach era Neil Young.

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