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Fourth Movement

from Bird by The Ring-a-Ding Bros.

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19. Five-Song Suite
20. Heading Out Of Town
21. Once I Was A Child, Now I Am A Man

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19. Five-Song Suite

I. The Comedian's Dream
At least they thought it was hilarious
It was a joke for all of us
But was it something more?
Was it something more?

II. The Sea Eel, He Is Me
I wish I was a sea eel
I know I’m just a sea eel
Once I dreamed I was a sea eel
In a dream I was a sea eel

III.

IV. 145

V. Sleeping (Blossom)

20. Heading Out Of Town

I’m heading out of town. It’s been too long
I don’t know if I’m coming back. I’ll leave you with this song
I think I knew you well, you weren’t alone
I’d seen your face around the school, I’d seen you walking home

We saw our futures, passing lines
To weave once and be lost in time
And so we’d go in separate ways
Beyond the hills, we watch it fade

I kept you for a time when days moved slow
In vivid dreams I saw your face: the half-light made it glow
But still I didn’t fit into this end
Through every alter ego played in strung-together trends

I worry now, but it might be
That no one out there feels like me
Is this what age begins to show?
We lose those years to ebb and flow?
I'm fearful that I’ll miss your voice
Or that I will regret the choice
The light is brightest as it fades
We search it in a murky haze

And so I am alone. There’s no one here
The sunset comes quite early now. At night, the weather's clear
I settle down to bed beneath some sky
But never will I sleep again: not with it on my mind

If you’re as happy as you say
What's left behind can pass away
Some morning it will vanish then
So as it comes, is gone again
But if you start to wonder why
Or if the arms become the lie
Our memories will supersede
The distance that our lives decreed
And when I finally make my bed
Your vision stays within my head
Let when I wake the world be new
And all my thoughts flow back to you

21. Once I Was A Child, Now I Am A Man

Once I was a child, now I am a man.
If I can go back there, is it just in dreams?

Once I was a sculpture, now I am an ice pick.
I can still remember:
Was it all a dream? Was I only dreaming?
Goodbye.

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from Bird, released May 20, 2017

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The Ring-a-Ding Bros. Northfield, Minnesota

Nick Love & Noah Forslund make music and love life.

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