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The Gilded Age (album)

by Patrick Burke

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1. The Gilded Age I 2. Home and Dry 3. Sundrenched 4. The Elizabethan 5. Velveteen 6. Prelude 7. Ping Pong Crickets 8. The Ballad of Johnnie Grinder and Orange Li --Velveteen-- Good night my friend Now the day will end Velveteen and myrr While the shadows stir And no more cares You're falling fast Through rain soaked air On a winding path --Ping Pong Crickets-- We took a long way in We took a long way out We took the long long long way in We took the long long long way out We took the wrong way home We took the long way out We took the wrong way home We took the Long long long way out Strong way now Strong way sin Strong way wow We took the wilds in the south We took the madness in the game We took the hunger on the plain We took the songbird on the Seine We took the one who knows it best And we forgot about all the rest One way home, one way back You're not alone, one way back We took the long way in We took the long way out We took the long way in We took the long way out (Yoko-Nilsson ad libs) Long way in, long way out Long way in, long way out Long way in, long way out Long way in . . . . I'm afraid that's all. --The Ballad of Johnnie Grinder and Orange Li-- She played guitar He loved to sing along And the lyrics seem to write themselves On treasured skylines Paintings of the portrait's light Rembrandt evenings spent They called out the names As the abstracts flowed The gallery rains In the darkness, shown When they fell into the warm café And their friends were all there They bought a round, Sang until they couldn't anymore Never knew a better time… They called out names And they drank each other's health And they spent their money unwisely Never knew a better time, never better
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Viva 03:26
Thirteen-thousand lies or more The constitution unenforced Political hacks and money whores No adults in the room Squirming under scrutiny Investigations and inquiry Guilt beyond all certainty And Vladimir calls the tune Now the house is on fire We're walking on wire And everyone knows where home is If you want to resist you have to insist By raising your fist Overwhelming evidence From Giuliani up to Pence We’ll drain the swamp of the president Let justice have its day Black and white simplicity You're not going to gaslight me The facts are plain for all to see Step away Now the house is on fire We're walking on wire And everyone knows where home is Now resistance is king, it's everything The strength of the opposition Weave the cloth with threads Drawn from your heart Sew the seeds with tenderness and joy Build the house as if you lived there now Now the house is on fire We're walking on wire And everyone knows where home is If you want to resist you have to insist There's nowhere to hide . . .
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Myrrh 02:09
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1. The Gilded Age II 2. Just a Libertine 3. Viva (reprise) 4. Soft Night Within 5. Cage of Words --The Gilded Age II-- The Rabbit gentleman gave peppermint juice to Nurse Jane --Just a Libertine-- He was just a libertine Focused on a gilded dream In an age when no one spoke of self The paintings and the tapestries The pride of all society Millionaire and nabobs set the tone Pointed roofs and towers soar Belgian carpet on the floor Grandiose and spired was the home --Cage of Words-- Somewhere I'll see you And somewhere you'll see me Talk to everyone who stops by Talk to me Tell me how you are And tell me what you know I want to see you smile I want you Our love is an ocean Our love is a library With books of devotion Which only you and I can see Within this cage of words My heart sings like a bird I want to see you smile I want you

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released December 21, 2019

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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon

"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."

Jennifer Priest Mitchell, The Times
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