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ROYALTIES

Shored up against the darkness like a house of lights parading
My heart is in the evening of its discontented days
O it’s only lonely ways I’m going down
As I wave goodbye to Madison Way
Wave goodbye to Monroe
There are teachers everywhere now
There are paths that you can follow
O I wish you never had to put one down
But these canvases are empty when we wake up every morning
Cause we’d have to think about what kind of world we’d want them sold in
They are stretched too tight across these frames right now
So it’s off to feed the daughters that we had too young to father
The dreams we left in roadside detours, spending every dollar
There is space and time and you can buy them now
But God help you if you’re poor son, God help you if you’re shattered
If you’re far too low to think anything you could do might matter
It’s a shame the way some folks have got to go
But the truth it is a sad and haunting tale that strikes believers
And calls them to the fringes where all changes can be seen first
And I know that’s where I need to go right now
And I know it grows on trees love, I know it ain’t made of plastic
I know it’s just as empty in abundance or in absence
That it’s meant to always keep you wanting for
But there’s something in the air tonight and I can feel it honey
There is something in the air tonight says I’m gonna get my money
But my ship it isn’t coming in, I am
To that masterpiece the harbor where all love lays down its armor
And my baby she is waiting there beside the stillest waters
And I say hello to her and realize

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from Music For Looking Animals, released June 26, 2020

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Mountain Time (formerly known as Zookeeper) is the home of Chris Simpson (of Mineral, & The Gloria Record) and his songs. New album "Music For Looking Animals" out now on Spartan Records.

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