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Once Upon A Time In Montr​é​al

by Murray A. Lightburn

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1.
I'll never realize What is beyond the walls That you Put up I've known you all my life And this Never occurred to you And now you're gone It would have been so nice Exchanging words just once Or twice This pile of dumpster gold Is all Part of the buried roots That you Put down I wanted stories Of all The stuff that broke you It would have been so nice Exchanging words just once Or twice It's too late anyhow But I think i finally Get It now Now that you're gone It could have been also nice Exchanging words just once Or twice With you
2.
With no new deaths today It took me by surprise And it reminds me of You're untimely demise Is this a turn of phrase With which I have to live Right now a single care Is more than I can give No praying hands Can wipe our tears away Here is a plan To live another day I meant to see you In time to say goodbye You know it's not a thing About which I would lie And now Everyday Is a tribute To all the things I imagined Of you
3.
You started young no education Only books From Genesis to Revelation All the prayer And consultation The work put into stopping Fated wheels in motion through the night It slips away While you're all alone (2nd verse) Was there a point To years of anger That go so far back there's no way you can remember Look at this child In the eye Tell them what they wanna hear and just surrender Because your fight is over now It's all over now And through the night It slips away While you're all alone Because your fight Is over now It's all over now Yeah your fight is over now It's all over now It's in the words
4.
So many voices crying out But only one I want to hear And while the joyless scream and shout We can make them disappear We could be filled with love or hatred Irreverent or sacred Starry eyed or jaded Just you and me So many voices crying out But only one I was to hear And while the joyless scream and shout Oh we can make them disappear We could be each other's ballast Keep every word we've promised Do everything in harness Just you and me So many voices crying out But only one I want to hear And while the joyless scream and shout Well we can make them disappear Undignified or solemn Gleeful or crestfallen The solution or the problem Just you and me So many voices crying out But only one I was to hear And while the joyless scream and shout Oh we can make them disappear We could be each other's ballast Keep every word we've promised Do everything in harness Just you and me
5.
what could have just another day makes a stone heart crumble from years of decay -Had me on the ropes there was no one to blame now I'm filled with hatred filled with shame tears in my eyes fist clenched in anguish oh but my heart has never been dark took no time to understand that I'm a just stranger in a stranger land -meant for some of you not people like me but you'd never find me down on my knees tears in my eyes fists clenched in anguish oh but my heart has never been dark then along came you like a burning bush to a world in shambles all my buttons pushed But I finally found my way as I fold my hands and pray Lord I surrender just show me the way through tears in my eyes and fists clenched in anger oh but my heart has never been dark COMING SOON THE END BUT MY HEART HAS NEVER BEEN DARK DEATH CARD
6.
I wish I kept a diary Jotted down some memories And now it's been too many years My time is up along with all Of my fears My head is filled with melody Can't seem to shake the tragedies Of unreconciled relationships And the spiteful words about to fall Off your lips I will Atone My hearts not made of stone No Oh Lord please don't let it be so The storm Has calmed And I' m reaching for love and beyond And beyond I think I hear the radio playing A Love Supreme by John Coltrane Yeah but still there is something amiss It's the warm and tender feeling of your kiss
7.
Once upon a time In Montréal The only place I can recall Albeit in A bleary haze That's what it's These final days The story goes Something like this: We must pursue Domestic bliss The time is now The place is here I'll learn some French Avec plaisir I'll sacrifice What little I've My saxophone And all that jive I'll get a job And work as hard As God allows me to I'll do my very Best to hide The bitterness It will subside It may take years Or decades I never got used To the freezing nights But life with you Was paradise With no regret I'll say good night From Montréal
8.
Girl you've got to let me go Take it easy take it slow Give it time I know you'll heal And let Jesus take the wheel Close your eyes and you'll see clear Take my hand I'll pull you near In the dark before the dawn Hold on Time will wait for us We'll trust In god We trust Seven weeks we won't get back Give or take oh I lost track See I was already gone Long gone There were times when I could feel The Lord's hand upon the wheel We were following pretty slow So slow Into the middle of the night We trusted God We trust Girl it's time to let me go Into the light into the glow no more bullshit only joy oh joy just trust in god we trust

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released March 31, 2023

Written, Arranged & Produced by Murray A. Lightburn

Recorded by Howard Bilerman
Assisted by Shae Brossard
At Hotel 2 Tango
Montréal
Mastered by João Carvalho
Assisted by Bryan Lowe & Chris Kung
At João Carvalho Mastering
Toronto

MUSICIANS:
Drums - Jeff Luciani
Bass - Rémi-Jean LeBlanc
Guitar - Steve Raegele
Piano - Paul Shrofel
Violin I - François Poulin
Violin II - Mélanie Belair
Viola - Elvira Misbakhova
Cello - Sheila Hannigan
Double Bass - Yannick Chênevert
Saxophone & Flute - Frank Lozano
Oboe - Jaqueline Leclair
French Horn - Chris Seligman
Trombone - Evan Cranley
Background Vocal - Ariel Engle

Photography by Richmond Lam
Art by Francie Chang

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Murray A. Lightburn Montreal, Québec

Professional entertainer, composeur, black guy from The Dears but mostly everyone’s dad.

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