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from Faraway City by Valerie Orth

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lyrics

we sent out the news alerts
made headlines far and wide
everyone lowered their flags half-staff
and sighed

I cried, all my friends cried with me
I eventually stopped having those bad dreams
finally started to breathe normally

so what are you doing here
looking at me with those precious blue eyes
why now after my hard-earned healing
why are you hugging me so tight?

I set you on a boat, packed with
bottles of our fantasies
took one last hard look, gave one last hard push
then watched you sail away

I crossed the world’s longest bridge
to climb the highest peak on the other side
held mass then scattered our ashes
which danced off like a thousand kites

so what are you doing here
looking at me with those precious blue eyes
why now after my hard-earned healing
why are you hugging me so tight?

I scrubbed, washed you so damn good
then hung you out in the beating sun
bleaching you to a pale distant past
just a lesson, another lesson, a hard lesson...

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from Faraway City, released March 15, 2011
Written by Valerie Orth.

Players: Valerie Orth (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jon Evans (bass, string arrangement), Scott Amendola (drums), Julie Wolf (piano), Lylia Guion (violin), Marcie Brown (cello)

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Valerie Orth New York

Amidst the madness of 2020, when nothing is certain and we struggle to find hope for the future, we need artists like electro alt-pop songwriter/guitarist/producer Valerie Orth. She writes with a strong sense of self and a fierce feminist perspective, telling stories about alienated humanity and visions of a better tomorrow. Her new album, Rabbit Hole, due out Dec 4, couldn’t be more timely. ... more

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