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Flowers in my Sidewalk

from Son of a Rudderless Boat by Kev Corbett

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This is for a few people, but especially Fleur, and Timmy. A song about not taking one's time for granted. These moments are thick.

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There’s flowers in my sidewalk. They don’t know how they got there. No one knows how they got there. No one knows how long they’ll stay. They don’t think much about it. They just go on being flowers. Go on being flowers. And a flower can make your day. We’re all so scared and lonely. We don’t know how we got here. No one knows how we got here. No one knows how long we’ll stay. It does no good to worry. It’s good to think about it. Dance under the moonlight. Dream the nights away. Time is not on our side. We don’t know where we come from. we don’t know where we’re going, or when the end is gonna come. I don’t know how I’m gonna go. I don’t know what you’re gonna do. I am just a blip in time, but if this time is mine, I choose to spend this time with you. I’ll take the sunniest road i can through this valley o’ the shadow of death all around me. I saw the leaves fall off the trees year after year and that’s how happiness found me. Then I started losing people family and friends I keep them alive in everything I do. I ain’t no better than my last gig. So I play for the moment and that’s how I get through. There’s flowers in my sidewalk. They don’t know how they got there. No one knows how they got there. No one knows how long they’ll stay. That’s what music is for. Dance in the moonlight. Make the most out of every night. And the most of every day. Time is not on our side. We don’t know where we come from. we don’t know where we’re going, or when the end is gonna come. I don’t know how I’m gonna go. I don’t know what you’re gonna do. I am just a blip in time, but if this time is mine, I choose to spend this time with you. Time is not on our side. We don’t know where we come from. we don’t know where we’re going, or when the end is gonna come. I don’t know how you’re gonna go. I don’t know what I’m gonna do. We arer all just blips in time, but if this time is mine, I choose to spend this time with you.

credits

from Son of a Rudderless Boat, released January 16, 2010
Kev Corbett: acoustic guitar, upright bass, bass drum, thundersheet, piano.

Fleur Mainville: violin

Heather Cameron: accordion

Jason Mingo: tape loop guitar

Meaghan Smith: voice

Thom Swift: voice

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Kev Corbett Halifax, Nova Scotia

“The man is an exceptional guitar player – for one thing – but also writes extremely clever, finessed, clockwork folk-pop songs whose singable surface belies a tremendous underlying sense of craft. It was really great to see him again.” – Jowi Taylor, Six String Nation

“Well-crafted, skillfully written songs, dazzling guitar playing. Son of a Rudderless Boat is a marvelous listen.” – Penguin Eggs
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