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Skyscraper Crow

by Anders Parker

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1.
Calling Out To You 04:11
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CALLING OUT TO YOU There was a panic in the streets today The rain was a dark sheet of grey It washed the garbage down the drain Through the tubes and out to sea It floated peacefully And washed back with the waves I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you You gotta have someone to lean upon And have someone to lean on you There isn't so much mystery Life is so much misery With bits of ecstasy And scattered sympathy I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you You gotta have someone You gotta have someone I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you I'm calling out to you
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Glass And Mirror Strays 03:53
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GLASS & MIRROR STRAYS This could be the golden age Or maybe just a gilded cage Riding slow, riding high Saw my reflection in the sky Oh my - the sky - oh my Bridges span the river slow Lights are calling row by row Echos off the skyscraper Walking through the city dirt Cars roll - lights flow - cars roll Here it comes oh the sun is rising It'll walk you home, walk you home We're reflections of the glass and mirror, strays Just another perfect day Buildings cut the golden rays Looking up they reach so high Saw my reflection floating by Oh my - so high - oh my Here it comes oh the sun is rising It'll walk you home, walk you home We're reflections of the glass and mirror, strays **stop** Reflections of you - reflections of me Reflections of you - reflections of me Reflections of you - reflections of me Reflections of you - reflections of me
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Infinite (Us) 03:01
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INFINITE (US) In the airport halls On the endless walks Looks like we're going somewhere But I don't want to talk About it all It's infinite Infinite (us) Floating overhead At thirty thousand feet Drifting aimlessly To whatever we may meet We're unstoppable And infinite Infinite (us) I have no hope at all When I look down Every-thing's decaying Or they're pulling it all down We're unstoppable And infinite Infinite (us) Infinite (us) Infinite (us)...
4.
Easy 06:09
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EASY When you find you're in too deep You can't wake up and you just can't sleep And the trains are all off line Under pounded city streets Through the heavy leaded heat Always moving on some line Everyone's completely Racing 'round come meet me Hey yeah Hey, it don't come easy Hey yeah Hey, it don't come easy Well the wages have their sin And the city has its' din And it always has a cost Sometimes the cost is just too much But it never is enough Falling through a crack Everyone's completely Racing 'round come meet me Hey yeah Hey, it don't come easy Hey yeah Hey, it don't come easy Hey yeah Hey, it don't come easy Hey yeah Hey...
5.
Water 02:38
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WATER You were just walking No one was near you But someone was watching Someone got near you Oh, they found you in the light of day, all gone Ah.... Oh, you flew away but you had some help Ah.... Don't go to water No one can help you 'Till after it's over They will then lift you Oh, the city sometimes eats its' young, alright? Ah.... Oh, you flew away but you had some help Ah.... Down by the water Edge of the city Someone was watching Someone was ready Oh, they found you in the light of day, all gone
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The Long Way Home 04:27
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THE LONG WAY HOME Remember how we used to think we owned the streets Everything was ours we were so complete The sun would rise and set On our heads and hearts and our bedded sheets We smoked until we went to sleep I heard the neighbors wake So let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home Well let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home In a yellow cab with windows down and rain coming in We kissed and then we kissed again Then you slept on my arm Hours after we had shut the last bar down We found ourselves on a rooftop looking down Waiting for the sun So let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home Well let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home So let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home Well let's go back home Slow in return Take the long way home
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So Far Away 03:27
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SO FAR AWAY I see you in the atmosphere, on high Heading for the stratosphere Information's flying by, but I Can't compute or fathom why You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away..... We are dreams we are pink machines, it's true Fragile frames that break and sing in blue Living in out hemispheres, we are Silver hearts on search so far so near You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away.... You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away You're so far away....
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Slow Clouds 04:19
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SLOW CLOUDS Remember how things would happen, we didn't try Sitting in an island basement, sky high And we never had the cough but we had the medicine Rolling to the Devil's Tower, we were in Starting up high Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Someone's always getting arrested or falling down Something's always getting busted hitting the ground Starting up high Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Clouds roll slowly by Oh...
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From A Northern Shore 02:52
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FROM A NORTHERN SHORE From a northern shoreline I feel the light retreating Impossible believing That every-thing's so fleeting Ah Ah From a northern shoreline The signal is deceiving Everyone is leaving It's possible we're dreaming Ah Ah (From a northern shoreline)
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Farewell Old Love 04:04
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FAREWELL OLD LOVE I'll miss you in the month of may When you shake your cold skies off I'll miss the way you lift me up And how you never stop I'll miss the empty streets at night When I'm walking home alone I'll miss the food you fed to me And how you turned me on Farewell old love Farewell old love I'll miss your chaos endlessly I'll miss those siren songs I'll miss the music falling out Of windows and of doors But I will not miss your concrete soul It's cracked and filled with hate I could never melt your cold cold heart So I leave you to your fate Farewell old love Farewell old love I know I'll see you someday again Dm/G I know I'll see you someday until then I'd wish upon a northern star But I cannot find it here The light pollutes the evening sky But I know the way from here Farewell old love Farewell old love Farewell old love Farewell old love
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72nd St. Horses 02:07
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72nd Street Horses Running horses seven second street Off the subway up onto the street Down the line toward the park Past the place where John's bright spark went out I thought it was a dream Hey yeah I thought it was a dream Walking sidewalks waiting for the heat My heads in clouds I'm following my feet Down the line toward the park Past the place where John's bright spark went out I thought it was a dream Hey yeah I thought it was a dream I thought it was a dream
12.
Second Skin 03:27
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Second Skin Like flame I can't resist You're mouth's the sweetest kiss We're always in retreat But I am yours and you belong to me Beyond the mystery I'm haunted by your touch I never had enough And you gave away too much I woke the sun and you would put it back to sleep You'd close your eyes anywhere next to me I am you and you are me endlessly Cause you're my second skin You're my second skin The picture is complete But unpainted things remain We always said goodbye You were walking in as I walked out But that is history I shouldn't think so much Unfinished symphonies Sometimes you just need luck I woke the sun and you would put it back to sleep You'd close your eyes anywhere next to me I am you and you are me endlessly Cause you're my second skin You're my second skin You're my second skin
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We Walked On 03:06
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We Walked On What's become of us Are we so far away From everything around Everything is day to day X-ray eyes Electric ears Plastic dreams And rubber years Today -- today We walked on. On and on. We walked on. On and on. What happened to our love Did it all go away Lost along the trail Lost on the gone highway From here we are To infinity Caught in fires Or slow decay Today -- today --Chorus-- In your eyes I fell into it well I fell... Oh....
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Here We Are 03:34
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Here We Are Here we are Here we are what's wrong with that? From baby fresh to bone decay Ink still wet to blown away Here we are Here we are what's wrong with that? Living in the sun's long rays From morning break to end of day But not the end of days Here we are Here we are just for a flash Don't lead us down the garden path Don't threaten us with random wrath Here we are Here we are just for a flash Why'd you have us on the run The mouse brigade has elephant guns Fighting for their one.
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My Bird 02:05
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My Bird Thought I'd be walking Roads all alone I can be by myself Then you were waiting Right where you stood You could be by yourself Angels flying I wish I believed Deities up in trees Sing songs of warning And songs of joy That's when I found my bird Fleeting and fated Time has a way Steady and temporary So I'd rather be lucky Or walk all alone I can be by myself Angels flying I wish I believed Deities up in trees Sing songs of warning And songs of joy That's when I found my bird That's when I found my bird
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In The Wind 03:04
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In The Wind Think about life Days go on and on Some friends fade away Some are reborn The flowers wither and die But then return We are clouds and rain We are in the wind All along the days In continuum Sometimes it feels so fleeting Sometimes it's just too long We are in the wind We are in the wind We are in the wind Been tossed around And on the run Drank from the cup And had some fun From coast to coast And sea to sea Been lost before Then found the way Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Oh.....
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You Moved Me 03:05
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YOU MOVED ME Sometimes you gotta dig a hole and climb right in Other times you're Armstrong on the moon The heavens never tell you what it is you're missing You gotta lose it all and then begin And you You moved me You moved me With your world Yeah you You moved me You moved me In your world So I don't want to waste another precious moment I don't want to watch the color run away I don't want to muse on how things should be different I just want to sing it all away Oh Oh
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Canadian Heart 03:17
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CANADIAN HEART i drove across canada through regina and moose jaw from vancouver to winnipeg that's a place that i could live but kept on driving instead i have been thinking of your old times the photos in my mind of you standing on the hill oh canada played a show in halifax my guitar was a battle axe swung it all around my head woke up in some hotel bed hung over and happy to be alive watched the salmon swimming up the stream returning to their only dream oh i love you all just the same i've got that blood running in my veins and living in my heart
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You're Not Alone 02:39
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You're Not Alone In the quiet places Behind the smile traces Beyond the windows of your soul You alone How do you handle The flicker of the candle You could drown it out indeed Or feed the flame How they all do laugh In the neon bath In the back rooms of their hearts I will join them there In the smoky air In the comfort of the dark There's a world outside Its mouth is open wide It'll have you just for lunch Think I'll stay here When you were young There were ideas you had Dreams were dancing in your head Everything could be so fine Never running out of time Now that time is gone Perched at bars in places Filled with broken faces Living for the next round You're not alone
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Horses Running Over The Hills 03:50
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Horses Running Over The Hills There's always some lamenting It's like a runaway car "Remember how it's different, oh, how'd we ever come so far?" Desperately trying to recapture A past that never was there Feels like we're watching wild horses Running away over hills Horses running over the hills Horses running over the hills Oh... Oh... If you ever get to doubting Let the legend do the work Get them to the saddles Give them all the spurs Desperately trying to imagine A past that never was there Feels like we're watching wild horses Running away over hills Horses running over the hills Horses running over the hills Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh...

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Anders Parker SKYSCRAPER CROW

In 2009, Anders Parker released his twelfth album--the double CD concept album Skyscraper Crow. The Crow portion of the set is unadorned acoustic folk simplicity at its finest while Skyscraper is totally computer-generated gleaming laptop pop. The albums are, at least aesthetically, diametrically opposed, but they are distinctly the work of Parker.

In 2008. Parker moved to Burlington, Vermont, after a number of years in New York City. There he relegated himself to a subterranean basement where he finished work on Skyscraper Crow.

The Skyscraper portion (disc 1) was written and recorded in New York City. Parker started the project as a way to learn new recording software. As he experimented with computer-based sounds he discovered that his experiments were becoming songs. He would work from the basis of a simple rhythm or chord sequence and build the song out from there. He would hum a simple melody, without words, as a guide. When the tracks and melodies were all in place Parker rode the NYC subway and would write the lyrics while listening to the established tracks. Parker later described it as his love/hate letter to New York and his life there.

After he finished the Skyscraper portion Parker moved in the opposite direction. He wrote a companion piece of contrast, Crow (disc 2)--a collection of quiet acoustic songs that are as raw and live as Skyscraper is synthetic and labored over. Together they are stylistic bookends, indicators of the many corners Parker explores.

"Parker’s in a contemplative mood—even by his standards—taking stock of what the past ten years have wrought with Skyscraper Crow, a two-disc rumination on 21st-century loneliness and human connections.
While I hope he one day tops himself, right now Skyscraper Crow stands as Parker’s career-defining achievement… to say nothing of being an uncanny mirror of what our culture is and what it can be."
-- Pop Matters

Random fact: All of the songs on the Skyscraper portion of the album were written on the New York City Subway between Coney Island and Sunnyside, Queens.

Originally released September 8, 2009

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