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Bluebird

by Canyon City

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1.
Venice 05:14
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A couple talks through sidewalks by the water Up a bridge way over Venice waves at night As I listen close to 1's and 0's converge in words through distant satellites And it feels like space between these days gets darker In the contrast of reflecting city lights But I wish I had a tourist map of places that it doesn't get so bright Cause I can feel a slow heal in the corners When I can steal away some dreams of you And I know you'll find some peace of mind wherever you are Till the headlights glow or the radio come tear the miles apart But I hope that no one tells you that you fell away too far, you never are, you never are You never are The spirit calls through 4 walls for another As the heart of matter faithfully keeps time While beneath the skin the oxygen is played like music singing love alive I can feel the slow dance getting faster For a minute did you feel the worlds collide I know you'll find some peace of mind wherever you are Till the headlights glow or the radio come tear the miles apart But I hope that no one tells you that you fell away too far, you never are, you never are You never are I know you'll find some peace of mind wherever you are Till the headlights glow and the radio just tear the miles apart But I hope that no one tells you that you fell away too far, you never are, you never are You never are You never really ever leave do you babe You just ripple on in the waves You never really leave do you babe You just ripple on in the waves You just ripple on in the waves You just ripple on in the waves
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Bluebird 04:15
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Leave the lights off when you go I don’t wanna know Keep some flowers for your hair I don’t care Beam the brights on down the road On your ride back home In this town someone can spring out of nowhere And I swear you came out of nowhere I’ve been waiting on the darkness to cool me down And I’ve been looking for someone to understand this bluebird That just comes around to figure out the verses To her new songs By my window with a beauty that just curses the room Leave the wreckage where it lay I just want to stay And watch the tide crest in what love’s left as fires play Hide and seek Shake the angels from their catbird seat And dive into the waves And we can laugh as oceans crash up tears on our face I don’t care if I’m keeping my heart safe I know clouds will bring a darkness to cool me down I'm just looking for someone to understand this bluebird That just comes around to figure out the verses To her new songs By my window with a beauty that just curses the room And it goes la da da da da da da da da da It goes la da da da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da da da Leave the lights off when you go I don’t wanna know
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Uptown 03:40
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You be faith and I’ll be doubt I’ve been living in the silver lines, clouds Hanging all over your city lights now If you would stay I’d tumble down I think something in my brain could click, sounds Somewhere underneath my shoes might stick around It feels too sweet But I don’t wanna be alone right now Just stay a little bit longer Won’t you wait until I get stronger then go break my heart again I can sing and play along for now Through the parts when everything’s higher Till the stars come out like choirs You can leave me in the end But you don’t gotta be in uptown And I don’t want to be alone right now So you be grace and I’ll be sin From the way I heard the story told You can save me for a day I know And I’m no snake, no I’m just loves chameleon I don’t need to be like anyone I can be only the one you want If you want But I don’t wanna be alone right now Just stay a little bit longer Won’t you wait until I get stronger then go break my heart again I can sing and play along for now Through the parts when everything’s higher Till the stars come out like choirs You can leave me in the end But you don’t gotta be in uptown And I don’t want to be alone right now I don’t wanna be alone right now Just stay a little bit longer Won’t you wait until the pain's gone before you go break my heart again I can sing and play along for now Through the parts when everything’s lighter Till the stars come out like choirs You can leave me in the end But you don’t gotta be in uptown And I don’t want to be alone You don’t gotta be in uptown And I don’t wanna be alone Right now
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Dance into the Dark 03:09
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Lately I’ve been chasing Silver linings like the Candle light that rides the dark Painting shadowed places Yellow fire like writing Punctuated with a spark The chaos swirling order of a star In the bluest part I can move into your heart Till the room spins around the violet arc Till the dew lifts with mornings amber art We’ll dance into the dark I Love the way the rain just chatters rambling endless As if to say just lay back down And I won’t stay more than the mornings long but promise I’ll keep away your heartache drought Over every little green a crying cloud In the bluest part I can move into your heart Till the room spins around the violet arc Till the dew lifts with mornings amber art We’ll dance into the dark We'll dance into dark In the bluest part I can move into your heart Till the room spins around the violet arc Till the dew lifts with mornings amber art We’ll dance into the dark We'll dance into the dark
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Lost Sparks 03:45
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Let’s burn, let’s turn rubble from a love to light Keep warm in the storm Breathe awake a little fire Only for the lonely nights Rip a line from the page Watch it fade up in smoke Hope rise through the rain higher than we’d ever go Blown away, it’s gone cold, you say It’s someone else’s spark In someone else’s heart As someone else falls in love with you And all that’s left of the fire we had And the higher we get Is sparks Oh oh, just sparks Oh oh, these sparks Oh oh, lost sparks, oh oh Come on rest, take a breathe Feel your chest fall and rise Lay by my side, watch the morning fight over you Against the glow we knew It’s someone else’s spark In someone else’s heart As someone else falls in love with you And all that’s left of the fire we had And the higher we get now Is sparks And all we kept from the ember's deep red Are the memories we let fly like sparks Leave me the pieces I’ll tape this back together now Don’t try to say goodbye I’ll be fine, go on now, find another All that’s left from the fire we had And the higher we get now Is sparks And all we kept from the ember's deep red Are the memories we let fly like sparks Oh oh, just sparks Oh oh, these sparks Oh oh, lost sparks, oh oh
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Breathe a World 03:37
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Good morning sun, it’s been too long What a feeling caught between you and the moon This turn and dance, this slow romance Where you meet it’s always deep red like a bruise Like blood, alive, does color find her If the craters face away and feel no heat Take heart, take mine Take all your time Set the tempo when you need to feel a beat Maybe it’s an endless fear but no mind know that I’d die A million deaths Live a thousand lives Pray a hundred years To stay awake tonight And navigate the stars Far and chart the turns Sure to find your heart And three more words Breathe a world Breathe a world Rough roads, long nights I know you’re tired out But I’ll make a way to levitate and glide Black holes, blue skies Echos your eyes now Like a paint that plays with both sides of the light Maybe it’s an endless sight but each time I just sigh, I’d die A million deaths Live a thousand lives Pray a hundred years To stay awake tonight And navigate the stars Far and chart the turns Sure to find your heart And three more words Breathe a world Breathe a world Breathe a world Breathe a world I'd die A million deaths Live a thousand lives Pray a hundred years To stay awake tonight And navigate the stars Far and chart the turns Sure to find your heart And three more words Breathe a world Breathe a world Breathe a world
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Anyway 03:02
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Anyway it goes away the way it came was good I’d stay late as I could, that garden in the woods Anyway you know the fate like tributaries run Through miles of turning love Then end again in one flood plain Any way the wind might take you far away from home The faces that you've known You’ll wonder if you're lost or gone Crazy as the days get hazy, then oh so clear We landed here to dance down life long aisles of fear And if in time I'm burdened to outlive the ones I love There standing at the funeral in that moment just us I hope I find no words you haven't heard anyway Any day I’ll be ok, now any day I’ll see The way it’s meant to be Like shade beneath the trees And any way you need to say these things we save too long I’ll read your letter, sing your song Till I hold too much to hold on And if in time I'm burdened to outlive the ones I love There standing at the funeral in that moment just us I hope I find no words you haven't heard anyway And if in time I'm burdened to outlive the ones I love There standing at the funeral in that moment just us I hope I find no words I didn't say I hope I'm out of words anyway
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Angel Wings 04:53
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The way dust settles on the floor, it gets contagious We're 20 off to war and then the days are up In the blink of a lifetime Now wait up I want to feel the sun rise on my face just one more time I want to watch this city wake love Let my brakes rust and roll through the night Now my friends are gone, and while my minds still strong And while my heart can pump for new love It's a marathon It's a bated breathe When you hold my heart It's a weight in my chest Like a pile of coal For the diamond ring All the time that you stole Worth everything Carry me far away Angel wings Maybe life is like a screen and we're the movie Shine a light, our scene into darkness As people stare What chance its written like its scripted, so romantic Until it's time to leave and all the floors stick Will you stay in your chair For the marathon For the bated breathe For the girl and her heart For the weight in your chest Like a pile of coal For a diamond ring All the time that you stole Worth everything But this time it feels different Yeah this time I won't look back Oh this time I'll live it better Yeah this time I won't lose track In the silent white indifference Of the mile signs long passed And if time won't make it better Then I'll rise up with my glass And look around this place If I can't find a face that know Like vines grown over the old walls and chalk lines Oh lord how the road calls tonight Like a marathon For the bated breathe Till you hold my heart It's a weight in my chest Like a pile of coal For the diamond ring All the time that you stole Worth everything Oh carry me far away Angel wings
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Lights 04:26
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I want to see you when the lights fall down Live forever in a coast ghost town You’re calling at me like a siren sound I want to run to you but don’t know how The way is faded like the sand washed white I’m still out shaking by the oceanside You’re pulling at me like a lunar tide I want to love you but I don’t know why Just passing by All bright lights go dark All in time the universe and stars but All that quiet is ours On the canvas of silence your love song will ring forever I want to be there when the asteroid lands Watching somewhere I can hold your hand I’d tell you everything I never had a chance to Funny suddenly I got no plans, do you As all bright lights go dark All in time the universe and stars but All that quiet is ours On the canvas of silence your love song will ring forever Will ring forever I hear you singing when the winds just right Cross the river and the county line I try to listen in the full moon nights and Catch some static of a shattered life We’ll put together all we need to shine When all bright lights go dark When all bright lights go dark All bright lights go dark We'll ring forever Ring forever I want to see you when the lights come down
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Simple 04:38
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I wish everything was simple I wish all I had to do Is wonder all loves unsolved riddles Believe in you I wish everyone was happy I wish all I had to say When you’re the only one left standing at the dance that It’ll be ok I wish people prayed For heaven here today No one needs to wait Know no fear or hate I wish God would write me letters And tell me all He meant to mean Or introduce me to love’s author When my eyes don't see And she could take me through the lessons And I could trade some songs I wrote And though most the days I’d say we’re just guessing It’s enough to hold I wish people’s hope Buried deep would grow Underneath old roads Break green leaves through stone I wish everything was simple I wish everyone would stay But if it’s all a long-drawn circle You can go away And I might see you in a smile And I might hear you in a laugh I might meet you in a while Until then, it’s a simple dream we had

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released April 5, 2019

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Canyon City Fort Collins, Colorado

Canyon City is the moniker of modern folk artist & producer, Paul Johnson. Since its inception in 2015, the project has become known for its distinctive whispery vocals layered over intimate acoustic orbiting candidly emotional storytelling.

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