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Twenty​-​Year Flood

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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TWENTY-YEAR FLOOD

If we can’t stop the water from rising
Then we’re going to get carried away
Nobody is realizing, but I’ve been watching the banks all day
Go tell the town of the danger
Go ahead and sound the alarm
Everybody’s out laughing in the rain
Nobody thinks they’ll be harmed//

In the twenty-year flood
We’ve got to reach high ground
Mamma grew a wing to look for the king
But he already drowned
In the twenty-year flood
All the boats have burned
Now the wolves and sheep gonna get no sleep
Till the tides have turned//

There’s a wicked wind coming up the valley
Old folks never seen it this bad
Congregation sings, Hallejulah
Don’t fear we should all be glad
Governor says it’s never going to happen
We’ll never have to leave this place
Black clouds and the river is swollen
Black clouds and the river is swollen
He’s got his bags packed just in case of the

Twenty-year flood
We’ve got to reach high ground
Mamma grew a wing to look for the king
But he already drowned
In the twenty-year flood
All the boats have burned
Now the wolves and sheep gonna get no sleep
Till the tides have turned//

Jody, we have to go
Everybody has lost their mind
I know your brother’s on the other side
But we have to climb these hills
And see what we can find//

When the dam could hold no longer
It crumbled like Jericho
In a lightning flash it was over
There was nowhere left to go
Some say that the town was dancing
Celebrating one more day
Sleepwalking into the future
When the water washed all away

In the twenty-year flood
We’ve got to reach high ground
Mamma grew a wing to look for the king
But he already drowned
In the twenty-year flood
All the boats have burned
Now the wolves and sheep gonna get no sleep
Till the tides have turned//

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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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