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Those Tremendous Mountains

by The Strangers Almanac

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i wanna tell you to cheer up 'cause you are ten feet tall and she is very small i want you to know i wanna help you to stand up instead of sitting on your bed get outside of your head i want you to go and listen to me when i say that everything will be okay i wanna tell you that make-up can't paper over cracks but it might help you relax until you are healed and when there's no-one beside you physically, i mean you'll never be as lonely as you might feel so listen to me when i say that everything will be okay
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took a walk, in the wind, down by the harbour took a mouthful of sand in when we laughed rode a bike, or a horse, I don't quite remember but we laughed took a trip, to the city, one friendly Autumn took a mouthful of wine in when we breathed holding hands, on the bridge, over the river catching the leaves i'm sorry that you flew so far away felt your breath, on my neck, your hands in my pockets felt your skin next to mine whenever we slept and i've tried to forget all my misjudgements but you wept and we climbed, once again, those tremendous mountains and we forded the rivers we crossed while we hiked, over hills and through darkened forests we got lost i'm sorry that you flew so far away and I found, an old list, you'd written for christmas when you wandered the streets calling my name and I hope that you got all that you asked for
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you're not the river but i think you're flowing deeper as the storm clouds glide overhead you're not the ocean but i think you've set in motion all the abstract things you once said and i'm wishing you would lie for a change you're not the planet earth, nor do you have its worth you're getting ahead of the game you're not the sun and sky there's no point in asking why you're barely a dark cobbled lane and i'm wishing you would lie for a change
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you wrote it in a letter you didn't know what it meant i think you saw it in a novel one that you never really read now it's hard to bear but the sunlight keeps you there laying down the law in your animal park never one to miss adventures no point in wasting the day don't wanna see the sun go down so you follow it on its way now it's hard to bear but the sunlight keeps you there laying down the law in your animal park
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when she was in her teens she dreamed of being a motion picture queen like betty grable, maybe marilyn monroe she'd spend her evenings in virginia looking up at all the stars using Father's telescope that he built before he died and retiring to the living room and bidding dad goodnight that little box tucked in the corner showed her more stars than the sky but when she moved to california she didn't have a clue that there were others too all with one dream a dream that won't come true he was the son of someone's son whose every whim would come undone by all the things to which he tried not to succumb living the high life in the south, standing spread by word of mouth exquisite tastes in every vice he never thought before he bought and retiring to his living room while drawing all his blinds he took a sip from daddy's bottle before doing another line but when he moved to California he didn't have a clue that there were others too all with one dream, a dream that won't come true she charged a thousand bucks a night she had to pay for all those transatlantic flights to please the powerful and rich he found her number in a book she told him 'touch but never look' he wasn't used to playing quite by all the rules and retiring to the hotel room with whiskey in their veins she didn't know that this is where she soon would meet her grisly end and when they moved to california they didn't have a clue that there were others too all with one dream a dream that won't come true
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Erie Canal 04:38
i left at a young age and I watched you cry i went in search of a prosperous life but years down the line your letters found me i soon came to wonder what could have been i heard they were carving a route through the land and seeing the advantage, i lent my hand 'cause i'm dying to reach you by the lakeside so i'll follow the erie canal bound by the mountains, bordered by gold too much to die for, walking the road and I'm dying to reach you by the lakeside so i'll follow the erie canal the love in your letters keeps me on track the great lakes are waiting and I'll soon be back 'cause I'm dying to reach you by the lakeside so I'll follow the erie canal
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was in your nature to be as free as an open stream running slowly to the sea and taking time wasn't a stretch to see you basking in the sun large of heart and full of fun and taking time and you'll be happier than you have ever been where the river meets the sea easy to imagine you didn't play it by the rules you were covering for fools and wasting time waiting for a moment, just to see your face i might not believe in fate but I believe in you and you'll be happier than you have ever been where the river meets the sea and you'll be happier than you have ever been where the river meets the sea where the river meets the sea
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Denouement 04:06
calling up all my old friends trying so hard to make amends people come and people go but favourite songs you'll always know i'll spin one now for you to hear take a chair and lend your ear the words being sung won't mean too much but listen close and feel the rush so grab my hand, and tell your heart, that this is who we are and we'll forget who we once were we're leaving all our pasts behind trying to keep up with the times you'll never change what's gone before so walk away and close the door the pictures that I cherish most are photographs taken of ghosts but letters going back fifteen years reduce a man like me to tears so grab my hand, and tell your heart, that this is who we are we can't forget who we once were calling up all my old friends see them through a different lens people change or stay the same but don't forget their lives remain the stars are streaking past outside we're almost at the speed of light uncharted worlds lie up ahead you'll recognise them from your head. so grab my hand, and tell your heart, that this is who we are we won't forget who we once were
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i used to hear your words from far away held you in esteem in every way wormed your way with ease in to my heart but all my feelings i could not impart for years I've heard your signal speaking strong but someday soon that signal will be gone and when it goes we'll never know your fate bid you farewell as you float off into space i used to think those boundaries we could cross but as we were, two children sad and lost the rolling of the tides threw us ashore and we were rescued by two different oars and gravity assisted you away now you occupy a different plane we used to march together for one cause now you're echoes from the heliopause i sometimes wonder what became of you and hope that you'll reflect upon me too occasionally i'll open up those doors and hear echoes from the heliopause occasionally i'll open up those doors and hear echoes from the heliopause

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released February 8, 2013

words and music by gord matheson
arrangements by avril smart

performed by
gord matheson - vocals, guitar, mandolin
avril smart - vocals, guitar, bass, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello
mark keiller - drums

recorded, mixed and mastered by
ross middlemiss of engineered audio recordings


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