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Manchester

from City Songs by The Impulse Powers

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A song about my son, and a joyous, rainy night when I was like him.

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Manchester

In the long sun, you can play in the street til the dark comes/
You are safe son, you are safe son, you are safe son/

You make up worlds that you rule then, you break them/
You don't look past the horizon, more fool them/
Though you don't fear isolation, you'll need a friend/

As the days passed, hours even, slow/
Were never bare without you/
Then an instant, 30 yrs ago/
I seemed to know how much I'd missed you/
And it's still so, it's careless where we're thrown/
I'm just left words where once I sat with you/

On the waste ground by your house/
We would lay down/
Take the rain and hold it out/
To the night time/

What I said I don't recall/
But I meant it/
We would wait for one chance to be/
Less innocent/

And we couldn't stop the night/
After hours an early light came/
We wouldn't be as close again/

Now we drift and sway great friend/

You make up worlds that you rule then, you break them/
You don't look past the horizon, more fool them/
Though you don't fear isolation, you'll need a friend/
Those times in the streets feel content, they are frozen/  

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from City Songs, released September 1, 2014

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The Impulse Powers Manchester, UK

A music and writing project, which mines my personal history to try to move past painful or negative memories.

These songs and poems confront and then re-inscribing adverse experiences, to try to find acceptance, solace, or even glimpses of joy in dark times.
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