Leagues Away

from Something Sacred by The Empty Orchestras

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Written in 2016 - 2017
This is driving and biking in California. I hear it and remember the fog in San Francisco and the hills in Sebastopol.

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Leagues away on shore in the fog
The bridge to the city and the hills
I can't afford a place but I could take a day
or two to watch the lights and make
a few long stops

Cause I don't make that stupid money
Or hang the moon for anyone
I just run the race
Make my place under the sun
Face the music when it comes
Try to sleep when it's all done

Early as the cold was passing on
Above the growing crowds,
Just as the sun came out
and I greeted the dawn
In the ocean breeze,
my mind slowing down but wandered on
I sadly realized
I don't carve no marble stone,
set any angels free
but I've been lost so many times
I know what roads lead me home
I just carve on in the dark
From what I've seen, I'm not alone all the time

Before the moon had faded, my heart forgot my jaded mind
And I felt so alive in a city I had never known
And later as the high ended, and I felt so alone, I let the wind bring me songs
about your burning fire burning on

the light you are, it leads me home

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from Something Sacred, released January 29, 2017

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The Empty Orchestras San Antonio, Texas

I'm a composer / poet / teacher writing, recording, and performing original music when I can.

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