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City Streets

from Close Your Eyes by Leah Barley

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a song about not being able to fill the shoes of the ex-girlfriend

lyrics

Walking down these city streets I can taste blood in my mouth
Split my lip again, thinking about you
Wanna call you wanna scream out loud that
I miss you, I miss you, my god I miss you

But it seems to me that I mislead you
A girl can dream of a perfect life
I’m sorry for what I said to you
But I was doing all the right things just at the wrong time,
yes I keep doing all the right things just at the wrong time

Because I know that you will never look at me the way you look at her
And that you will never smile at me the way you smile at her
And that my hand will never fit in your like hers did with you but I’ll try oh my god I will try, I will try oh my god I will try

Walking down these city streets I can taste gin in my mouth,
got drunk again, thinking bout you
Wanna call you wanna scream out loud that I miss you
I miss you, oh my god I miss you
But it seems to me that I mislead you
A girl can dream of a perfect life
I’m sorry for what I’ve done to you
But I was doing all the right things just at the wrong time,
yes I keep doing all the right things just at the wrong time

Because I know that you will never look at me the way you look at her
And that you will never smile at me the way you smile at her
And that my hand will never fit in your like hers did with you but I’ll try oh my god I will try, I will try oh my god I will try, I will try oh my god I will try

But maybe one day you will look at me the way you look at her
And maybe one day you will smile at me the way you smile at her
And maybe one day you will take my hand like you took hers so I’ll try oh my god I will try, I will try oh my god I will try, I will try oh my god, why do I try?

credits

from Close Your Eyes, released June 16, 2014
Leah Barley: Vocals, Banjo
John Kastelic: Viola
Clara Shandler: Cello
Paul Albert: Bass
Kirk Adair Douglas: Drums

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Leah Barley Vancouver, British Columbia

Bring Out Your Dead almost perfectly balances Barley’s light-and-shade approach to songwriting, from the life-affirming first single “Mountains” and the rousing boot stompers “I Wish” and “Drinkin’” to the chill-inducing title track and its spiritual cousin “Rise.”
It brilliantly serve as Leah Barley’s calling card, and formally mark the arrival of a vital new voice in Canadian roots music.
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