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archipelago

by Ed Askew

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Phillip Klingler beautiful poetry set in humble renderings. fragile wonder. this is Ed Askew, even his protest songs have empathy. Favorite track: I Look for Lovers.
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the gray house and the wall the garden, the green door the piano, the piano, the piano, the blue sky and the car parked by the sliding board there playing, there playing in the yard la la la playing cards in the kitchen pass the shuger, poor the coffee the radio, the radio, the radio, what is this life for? make dinner, take a shower working men and working women, make money at the store spend money at the bar the music, the music, the piano the gray house and the wall the garden, the green door the piano, the piano, the piano, la la la
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how many years have i watched the sun rise out of the city into the night sky how many times has a mother heard the cry of a new life water pours down out of the sky streams become rivers that carry away buildings and bridges, and cars float by how many tomorrows are were lost today time is an image that never fades time is not a clock. time is a wave another boat to the other side time is today and time is a page a lonely boy walks on the shore and his wishes are part of all he looks into the starry night at building's and bridges in the sky how many years have i watched the sun rise out of the city into the night sky how many times has a mother heard the cry ...... of a new life
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i'll have a little absinthe like Picasso in a cafe and i remember i can't forget the way we walked by the rivers and talked of life cause i look for lovers and Picasso paints yes, i look for lovers but i can't save face if i forget them if they don't forgive me but we walked in moonlight hand and hand i painted your picture i painted your picture i'll have a little whiskey to keep out the cold and all these stupid memories when i get old but if they forgive me i promise to have and hold cause i look for lovers
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Afloat 04:28
boat on the water where will we go when will we get there we don't know trying to get to Europe in a boat boat on the water trying to stay afloat take me off this old boat please. i sold my home and bought a ticket how many weeks to cross the sea boat in the water rescue me boat on the water where will we go when will we get there we don't know trying to get to Europe in a boat boat on the water trying to stay afloat
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If That Guy 04:09
i remember some cute guy was standing on the corner where some guy had gone inside. he said "i'll talk to him when he comes outside "i'll talk to him when he comes outside if i have to wait i'll wait all night". we left him there and went to a bar. we had a drink and i wondered if that guy got his hearts desire got his hearts desire got his hearts desire got his hearts desire
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on the day of the war you left me for the front line ...the battle was your new bride parabolic lines tracers in the night sky children asleep it's there nite-lite boys in the camp getting ready for the fight ..... in the hall of mirrors get out of town we better get away from the little planes from boys in little planes on the day of the war you left me for the front line ,,,the battle was your new bride
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i have an empty phone, that don't ring. my broken window, looks out on the street and there are burning buildings on the sea waters pouring out of the sky tears are falling from my eyes a broken hearted clown has 3 rings children riding trains,there riding trains and heaven is a hopeful destiny but the phone don't work the phone don't work, and they're burning buildings on the sea Flash Gordon was a man who saved the Universe everybody knew that he could do it he had empty book he could not read read heaven is a hopeful destiny and children riding trains, riding trains
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Alligator 04:09
Winter is old like scraps of news words in a storm "blowing around" dogs in the heat piss on the street dreamy afternoon and yesterday's paper at the train station trees on the avenue children at the zoo lost the alligator lost the alligator lost the alligator .... lost the alligator soldiers keep order people turn corners walk to the border wait at the border Winter is old like scraps of news in a storm old news is old news
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the Mirror 04:15
sometimes the time just flows away. i turn my back and walk away. and i regret it. i can't forget it. ..but time is a great escape sometimes true love was not enough. there was always something else i had to do, i broke your heart when i ran away never look back. i used to say. but one night i looked at my face. i looked at that man in the mirror. on the day i ran away cause i couldn't face your feelings. sometimes the time just flows away. i turn my back and walk away. and i regret it. i can't forget it. ..but time is a great escape
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the police are scared... .... were dodging bullets in the street all we can think of stop and search but the police are scared a beautiful black youth was shot in the face his beautiful mother cried in the street no one saw those boys drive away and the police are scared -----it was a sunny afternoon a boy was playing with a toy gun a cop pulled up and pulled a gun and shot out the sun cause the police are scared mistakes were made a beautiful mother cried in the street and everyone saw it and everyone saw it and everyone saw it well, praise the Lord ... were dodging bullets in the street itchy fingers everywhere he garbed my gun and the cop was scared -----it was a sunny afternoon a boy was playing with a toy gun a cop pulled up and pulled a gun and shot out the sun the police are scared... .... were dodging bullets in the everywhere all we can think of stop and search cause the police are scared
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Virginia 03:41
Virginia was the look out waiting for George to tell her but George didn't know but George didn't know he just came up here from Virginia the clouds were gathering like a storm they were waiting for the storm to come the weather man said the the winds were strong but Virginia grabbed the kids and put em in the car George didn't see what Virginia saw he didn't know what the world was for or what words were for by Saturday they got across all the bridges that they saw but George didn't know but George didn't know he just came up here from Virginia time changes us all clocks stop and stop us all from returning or beginning and clouds were gathering like a storm

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released October 15, 2015

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Ed Askew New York

The singer-songwriter / painter moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stollman of ESP-Disk, who offered him a contract. Between 1968 and 1986, Ed lived, mostly, in New Haven; doing occasional shows with his band, and later doing solo shows there. Around 1987, Ed moved to New York City, where he continues to write and record songs, and occasionally perform. ... more

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