sodium lights (xmas 2019)
by visiting aliens
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For many years it has been a practice here at visiting aliens at Christmas time to consider the less fortunate- those without a home or even a country to go to- and then imagine oneself in their shoes.
In a reflexive effort to make some sense of things, in empathy, we have then written songs about it.
These songs have accumulated over the years but they all seem to indicate that some things never change.
This song is this year's edition but sadly it could have been written anytime .
Thinking of all the visiting aliens everywhere at Christmas
and wishing you all a brighter New Year chasing the light.
In a reflexive effort to make some sense of things, in empathy, we have then written songs about it.
These songs have accumulated over the years but they all seem to indicate that some things never change.
This song is this year's edition but sadly it could have been written anytime .
Thinking of all the visiting aliens everywhere at Christmas
and wishing you all a brighter New Year chasing the light.
lyrics
Sodium Lights
I don’t know who I am
I don’t know my own real name
And I don’t know where I’m from
But in my dreams beneath the stars
I walked into your open arms
Safe haven I thought was true
But you broke my heart in two oh yeah, you..
I want to reach your ringing ears.
Without a voice I am not real.
I want your touch, I need your feel
I need your love, not cyanide
I need to sleep, I need to fly
Above the storm and out of time
But you broke my heart in two oh yeah you..
With concrete floors and no refuge
You broke my heart in two.......
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two....
I wanted love, I wanted life.
To walk beneath your sodium lights
I wanted to be someone else,
I wanted to be myself
Now it may come as some surprise
But I have loved you all this time
And since I first set eyes on you but..
You broke my heart in two oh yeah you..
With concrete floors and no refuge
You broke my heart in two
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two..
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two..
Oh yeah.. (you broke my heart in two)
Oh yeah you...(you broke my heart in two)
You broke my heart (you broke my heart in two)
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah... (you broke my heart in two)
© Xmas 2019.
I don’t know who I am
I don’t know my own real name
And I don’t know where I’m from
But in my dreams beneath the stars
I walked into your open arms
Safe haven I thought was true
But you broke my heart in two oh yeah, you..
I want to reach your ringing ears.
Without a voice I am not real.
I want your touch, I need your feel
I need your love, not cyanide
I need to sleep, I need to fly
Above the storm and out of time
But you broke my heart in two oh yeah you..
With concrete floors and no refuge
You broke my heart in two.......
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two....
I wanted love, I wanted life.
To walk beneath your sodium lights
I wanted to be someone else,
I wanted to be myself
Now it may come as some surprise
But I have loved you all this time
And since I first set eyes on you but..
You broke my heart in two oh yeah you..
With concrete floors and no refuge
You broke my heart in two
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two..
Oh yeah you broke my heart in two..
Oh yeah.. (you broke my heart in two)
Oh yeah you...(you broke my heart in two)
You broke my heart (you broke my heart in two)
Oh yeah..
Oh yeah... (you broke my heart in two)
© Xmas 2019.
credits
released December 29, 2019
Michael Bates vocals, guitar, bass, slide and samples
Peter Rule vocals, harmonica
With visiting alien guests:
Wayne Rigg harmony vocals
Gary Roberts electronic percussion
Greg Ryan acoustic percussion
Lyrics : Michael Bates
Music: Michael Bates/Peter Rule
Artwork by Michael Bates
Produced by Michael Bates and Greg Ryan
ISWC (Int. Standard Music Work Code)
T-930995584-8
ISRC AU-G7G-22-00015
Michael Bates vocals, guitar, bass, slide and samples
Peter Rule vocals, harmonica
With visiting alien guests:
Wayne Rigg harmony vocals
Gary Roberts electronic percussion
Greg Ryan acoustic percussion
Lyrics : Michael Bates
Music: Michael Bates/Peter Rule
Artwork by Michael Bates
Produced by Michael Bates and Greg Ryan
ISWC (Int. Standard Music Work Code)
T-930995584-8
ISRC AU-G7G-22-00015
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