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Victory March

by Proud Simon

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Victory March Through the Brandenburg Gate 03:11
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shotgun shell smoking in a dive bar downtown the days are growing longer your pocket change rattled like a light bulb blown out friends of friends take what you can get on the weekends stitching your lips with 5 min fireworks in berlin skyline cranes celebrating my independence day waiting at the station halfway home and counting the days maybe you’ve got a new boyfriend? oh baby i hear a tremble in your breath tired of waiting on an escalator and you’re tired of waiting on dead ends
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American Caskets 05:02
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frantic in a jacket stories out of order bad habits flashed with brilliant color walk backwards path swept with every step lost in patterns hands shake with inspiration above the leaves and bleeding lines we act so surprised beyond the weeks of leading lies we act so surprised the walls came down stole a soul in carnival town when the clouds part I’m not myself anymore steadfast now distance waits you’ll be ok compromise enjoy the time the swans are singing now i’m an american boy with both feet on the floor empty handed and headed home
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The Man Who is Swimming Against the Stream 05:13
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4am and waiting on a foreign floorboard curled cradle swaying wasting away crooked evening news black and white on blankets gypsy queen had a slight of hand curse of diversion from the love i left for dead hive buzzes on and off off and on again spun in drunken dance steps creeping around the train wreck nothing could ever live in here setting up forever do you think we’ll ever get there to the light at the bottom of the bottle we’re april fools april fools walked a silent circle clocks predicted weather statues bowed their heads i turn away bought you a promise captured in stained glass lost it in absinthe on the way the fog descended i was alone on the floor spinning round and round some more
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Sew a Boat 06:34
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sew a boat my love sew a boat my love sew a boat and sail across the ocean needle and thread your nimble hands could build a ship of indian silk sew a boat and sail across the ocean a mast of roses will catch the breeze i breath and lead you back to me i hope you’re early or at least you’re lonely i hope you’re learning that cages have curtains paint a plane and fly to barcelona spiral skies of violet oil you’ll find me where columbus points to sea paint a plane and fly to barcelona i’ll build a frame to keep us safe and maybe i could make you stay flailing in the water pouring over clipper ships and jungle gyms so selfish on a silver beach caught up in mystery the uneven floors creaking as you pace the apt wishing promises were never made that we never made it to graham station we never turned our backs on the big city
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Spaghetti Western 06:04
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spent a night with table wine on the spanish steps the neon signs spelled up and down like the chelsea hotel a mirage in the morning heat your reflection in the street so far from new york city let the glasses fall from the concrete together our feet will bleed into a family tree don’t our wishes mean anything? don’t our wishes mean anything? an uncertain fresco sky the paint of creation dried scrapbook of our lonely life rebirth in the busy lights tall buildings in your blue eyes flour city scraping by our wishes meant everything to me
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Planetarium Blue 06:04
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the weathervane was packed away i stood outside and closed my eyes lived with a ghost watched the rain you changed we changed smoke rises on tuesday night records still standing lantern lit silhouettes uncertain summer ending you said it meant nothing to me she said how could be so empty the painters heard every word now they’re gone for good moths and fireflies are trying to understand each other outside my window they know they are both pale creatures that swim in air like insect birds fluttering and flickering fire amphibians that are drawn to the netted flush of my window screen because i am warm and wanting and breathing i watched them float and confuse one another as i drift to sleep run! just run! i’ll be the best man to your broken plans

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released January 4, 2005

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Proud Simon New York

Proud Simon was an Americana band from Rochester, New York, who formed in 2003. The band consisted of cousins Brian Keenan and Charlie Monte Verde. Over the course of the next 8 years, the band relocated to Brooklyn, went through countless lineup changes and recorded 3 LPs and 3 EPs. Their final EP was "Anchors Aweigh" in 2009. Songwriter Brian Keenan now performs under his own name. ... more

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