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Back to the City

from The Sky In Between by Ky Burt

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I thought of you reaching out your hand
You crumbled all my best laid plans
We woke up by the trees
Underneath the autumn leaves
With your silk skin lying in the grass

You left your roots back in the south
And in the north woods you settled down
I was stranded at your door
Where the river meets the shore
And the woodsmoke curled up from the ground


I won’t go back to the city
I won’t go back to the city lights
I will stay with you under a blanket of stars tonight

No traffic jams no bridge to cross
These forest paths to just get lost
We are watching falling rain,
as it streaks across the pane,
And the wildflowers are dancing in the lawn

The time will come when I must leave
Back through the woods to the busy streets
Where the buildings over high
Cast shadows on our eyes
But for now lets watch the swaying trees

I won’t go back to the city
I won’t go back to the city lights
I will stay with you under a blanket of stars tonight

Be still when the fire's burning low
And hold fast to the faintest glowing coal
The sun will rise to greet the sky
And I'll be forced to say goodbye

I won’t go back to the city
I won’t go back to the city lights
I will stay with you under a blanket of stars tonight
I will stay with you under a blanket of stars tonight
I will stay with you under a blanket of stars tonight

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from The Sky In Between, released April 5, 2019

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"So, we will leave Tom Waits to tell us about the saloons, whores and carnival folk. Let John Prine nail toy railroad tracks to his kitchen table at Christmas, sing about his Mexican home. Now we have Ky Burt to bring us to places where we might want to live – where there are wildflowers, rain, and we can take new journeys.

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