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Long Way From Home

from Twitter, Buzz, Howl by Chris Velan

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    TBH was recorded over the summer of 2005 in the Eastern Townships outside of Montreal near the town of Sutton. We set up a makeshift studio in a barn and basically tracked everything while the insects buzzed and birds sang during the day; and the crickets chirped and the coyotes howled at night.
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LONG WAY FROM HOME

Take a plane through the skies
Touch down, step out, squint your eyes
Welcome all, shake my hand
There’s not much you understand
Over here, we are good
We die younger than we should
What we make all gets spent
Better love our President
So they say every road’s gonna lead to Rome, but//

You’re a long way from home
You’re a long way from home//

Trade a master for a thief,
We don’t dare wish for relief
See here we have no safety net
Even the walls drip with sweat
Carry ‘round a couple bills
Rebels massing in the hills
Prayers start you’re out of light
Where you gonna stay tonight
Could it be were separated by a chromosome, ‘cause//

You’re a long way from home
You’re a long way from home//

We don’t want to envy you
But it’s just too hard not to
See we can’t leave the same way
Wish that we could have a day
To take a plane through the skies
Touch down, step out, squint eyes
Take some pictures, maybe learn
Then be happy to return
See you where you live
See you in your Superdome//

And be a long way from home
And be a long way from home//

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from Twitter, Buzz, Howl, released January 8, 2007

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Chris Velan Montréal, Québec

Montreal singer-songwriter and producer, Chris Velan, has always been crossing borders with his brand of world music- influenced, singer-songwriter pop. Drawing comparisons to the smart, genre-mixing writing of Neil Finn, Nick Lowe and Paul Simon, Velan's
latest album, “Amateur Hour”, will be released September 14th with touring to follow. ... more

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