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Swan Song Denied

from Joy on the Landing by Stephen King

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Another busking song from days of yore...Recorded as part of a 3 song demo in the spring thaw of 2009, before my son was born.

lyrics

Amid the paths of the Public Gardens, I strode
I challenged you to a duel of prose
Off the grass man, over there
You can run and hide under a cloudless sky
Until security finds your soul

I read the paper aloud
It said the swan’s partner died
I thought I’d come down here for awhile
As corny as it sounds, that’s all that is going down

Swan Song Denied

She was going to break
Hitting her head against the fence
It was about the pain of the past
Come to bear witness
Now it almost left her dead
That’s why I’m here
I want to comfort her with my song
And tell her it’s going to be all right again

(Instrumental break)

We had the chance to make a difference
Why didn’t we do what we could from the start?
Keep it simple, tell the truth

Swan Song Denied
We let another one go by...

Music & Lyric - S. King (c) 2008
SOCAN/ASCAP
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Chaos Music Publishing

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from Joy on the Landing, released March 31, 2014
Recorded by David Green at Sharpe Sound Studios
Mastered by Alex DeGrace at Suite Sound Labs

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Stephen King Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

An award-winning guitarist well versed in folk & jazz combining genres into an amalgam of storytelling with improvisation, best described as indie-antifolk. Driven by experiences which express a personal, romantic and artistic idealism; at times political, while having social and environmental concern. Using craft and wit, the music draws inspiration from a range of traditions including Canadian. ... more

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