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The Gilded Age (Part One)

from 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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from The Gilded Age (album), 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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