Name: City All Of Strangers
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Description: . & it's a brave face . looking to light . into lights . eyes full . overflowing look .

City All Of Strangers

from Letters To A Scattered Family (plus live versions/demos/etc) by Martyn Bates

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. & it's a brave face . looking to light . into lights . eyes full . overflowing look .

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CITY ALL OF STRANGERS

* the night has fallen here
& I need not say amen
& sleep comes as it will
& I shall not tire till then

* I shall leave behind all that leaves me blinded -
forget it, & renew me -
I love it here newly in this city, all of strangers ...

*& I can't take in all I've been told about dirt &
noise & the harsh lights that waste ...
for all this city's a blank page to write on/for me to use
& to come to know the place .

* for I won't be fallen here
& i won't be underwhelmed
should the city dwarf my steps
ah then I am not honest with myself -
this is made to be mine
& other other strangers likewise
embrace it & use it
I love it here - newly in this city, all of strangers .

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from Letters To A Scattered Family (plus live versions/demos/etc), released May 2, 2023
* Martyn Bates : spanish guitar/voices .

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Martyn Bates UK

(For CD version write to Jerry at eyeless@eyelessingaza.com)
voice +acoustic w/songs/ e-guitars/kybd/ tape. Since 1980, Eyeless in Gaza, & since 2000, Twelve Thousand Days, Mick Harris etc. Knew stuff / Forgot stuff / cared too much / cared too little - perhaps. 2023:current band = Kodax Strophes … with Martyn reportedly "still longing for 'Christmas in my soul". kodaxstrophes.bandcamp.com ... more

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