Shades of December

by Side Street Walker

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1.
Bees 01:56
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Busy buys, those busy bees Chit chat, pollen and some social snacks Greens and linens For me and you Small white capsule Ill space out to Got a fever, that's hard to see surveyor, of all the midnight scenes How bout a bird On a phone line Watching the ride Of all the budding flowers I love the trees The honey soaked breeze But it bums me out How they don't say much of anything
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Planes 03:28
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Rumble overhead Shake the loose sand Angels over town Walls turning around Shades of December Most of them gray Blue nighthawk away One day, I'll fly with you
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Hold On 01:51
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Can't shake it Sitting in wait Come on out You only shine So afraid You won't see it like I do Like I do Like I do
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Hope 02:37
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Making lists that remain unchecked While a bit too high on hope Same old dreams In a new veneer Same old friends we had last year All of the empty promises For the forgetting minds Where will you be tonight If and when there is no time Making a memory fond Its okay Wasting it was just fine
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Glass 02:18
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People 02:20
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The people on the phone All talking to each other Half of their plans Half of their faces Fill in the blanks Coming up with names Determining Damn near everything The people on the phone Not talking to each other Half of their thoughts About some stranger Fill in the blanks And wasting time A bit funny Cause it isn't even mine
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Transmission 03:11
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It's alright It's quiet tonight
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What You are Doing to Me 03:26
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Stranger, Stranger everyday Pairing, this really goes with that My heart, up the throat and back Making it harder to breathe now What you, are doing to me Fall passed, in one cool breeze Your neck, on my shoulder Makes me wish, it were even colder Sometimes, I worry She thinks, that I use her For keeping, real life at bay And sometimes, I worry that she's right
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Proud 04:08
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Streetlamps conversing in Morse Laughing at the back of time The red eye Silently drifts on by If this were a book would you skip this part Id want to turn every page end up back at the start The city Seems further everyday Dreaming in footprints Man I'm so proud of you If only I were smarter Maybe I'd be there too Winter job in a ghost town Aimless and passing holidays Nodding out while the road is straight I fear we’ll soon be Mistaken for strangers For ignoring the significance Of these changes Dreaming in footprints Man I'm so proud of you If only I were smarter Maybe you'd be proud of me too And I don't want to wait anymore At all Will you wait for me I'm so proud of you Are you proud of me too
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Snow 02:14
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Now his tone has changed Pointing at the radar Only a few hours away Will the lights go out Did i forget something Will i have nothing to think of Looking at snowflakes How they seemed to change Dandruff from animal clouds To just like, any other thing Neighbors kids across the yard Playing some kind of game Don't they know there's a snowstorm Only a few hours away
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Path 04:53
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Going forth Should I look down Not the first to step here Not the last On broken leaves This here's a beaten path Strong roots out of salty soil Trees frozen back to stumps And with each day Passing to next Could this make all the difference How did I get here Where did I go wrong When did the rug Get pulled out from under me How did I get here Where did I go wrong Was I a dick To some dog in another life Would you shut that sound And your stupid face Because I'm trying And I'm trying everyday And I'm trying everyday Maybe this will be the day Your life will surely change And this will be the day When things fall into place And I'm trying every day Till the things fall into palace And I'm trying every day
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Scarlet 03:22
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Sam between the blood and a rose Gathers crumbs up from the curbside Watching the city spread out Along a shallow blank shore Night time grows on the alleys of a new year Water flows from the recess to the sand hills No locked doors for houses of the island Flimsy guards for what he's got in mind Samuel Sammy won't you come back home Samuel Sammy won't you come back home Strange persuasive view of the land Seen with both eyes shut Plunge into the silent waves Close the doors overhead Reflexive walks on sand to drown out echoed steps Pioneer moths guided by the streetlights Wood rails lies the scarlet silhouette sky Self esteems insulin brought on by moonlight Samuel Sammy won't you come back home Take a walk in the fire Go on take your time Samuel Sammy won't you come back home Take a dip in the fire Go on open your eyes Samuel Sammy won't you come back home I'm really tired I'm taking my time Samuel Sammy won't you come back home Take a walk in the fire Go on take your time
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Ground Swell 02:10
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Boy 02:58
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I got told, by some old folk While out back, blowing smoke About the time, that you had died They said, it was a planned Took the money, and off he ran No one, even seemed to mind Then he says, hide this damn thing near And I said, boy you're not quite here Then I met up, with some young folk Saying it was, his neck that broke Diving home, one night late on 9 So swing by the woods after dark some time Call his name and out he'll shine The kids laugh, cause they do it all the time He says, can you ask them not to cheer And I said, boy you ain't really here

about

My next door neighbor dug a big hole
smiled, and jumped in.
I guess some days feel like swallowing chalk.

A friend put his TV out on the frozen porch and said
"The sky looks like it's recovering from an infection,"
I guess some nights really do look like a Hallmark commercial.

And today the pine needles are all strewn about
waiting for Mother Nature's turn at pick up sticks.
I guess we all pick a different way to frame the shedding trees.

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released November 7, 2021

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