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Sidewalk Soldier

by Dan Murray

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A song about returning to a childhood home and accepting the changes made

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Staring at the walls
Outside from the road
Remembering the halls
That stood to watch me grow
You live there now, true
The place is looking well
But who the hell are you?
Who the hell are you?

Sidewalk soldier
marching on and on
And over his shoulder
Forget it boy, it's gone
It's gone

I lost my paradise
Number twenty-five
Five times that the price
to shuffle through our lives
I helped to plant that tree
And childish as it sounde
This place belongs to me
This place belongs to me

Sidewalk soldier
marching on and on
And over his shoulder
Forget it boy, it's gone
It's gone

My first real memory lives here
And I can only hope you've built some great ones too
But you tore up my backyard
Right around the time they tore down my school
Lucid penny-candy dreams
haunt my sleep, my pillow soaked in fear
The greatest nightmare that I have
That no one will know I was ever here

Maybe I should go
Remember how to roam
I just want you to know
That this was once my home
This is where I grew
This is where I learned
I leave it now, to you
I leave it now, to you

Sidewalk soldier
marching on and on
And over his shoulder
Forget it boy, it's gone
It's gone

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released October 28, 2015
Written, composed, recorded and mastered by Dan Murray

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Dan Murray Burlington, Ontario

Dan Murray is a singer-songwriter and spoken word poet hailing from Burlington, Ontario.

He has released one book of poetry entitled "More Human than You, Man" and is currently working on his first album - Midnight in Nervous City.

(Album artwork by Chris Nagy. Header photograph by Sven Frenzel.)
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