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The Night Of The Liquor Store Fire

from Funeral Bonsai Wedding by Steve Dawson & Funeral Bonsai Wedding

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Steve Dawson: electric guitar and vocal
Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone
Frank Rosaly: drums
Jason Roebke: upright bass

lyrics

I didn't realize til I spoke the words that it would break her heart
But I'd made up my mind that it was time to leave
Where the little green trains filed with college girls Brake and stop and start
I held out my arm to catch her tears with my sleeve
And the sparks tripped the wire And we stood like strangers
The night of the liquor store fire

A line formed around the ice cream shop desperate to beat the heat
As sirens split wide the late august air
In a doorway on a dark side street
she pressed herself into me
And whispered things that I couldn't hear
And some freshmen formed a choir By the barricades
And sang to the liquor store fire

A polish girl with big green eyes And a distant sense of fear
We'd spent that whole summer in her room
Playing her husband's 45's And drinking dollar beer
A pause in a life ready to resume
And So I became the liar And I saw it all clearly
In the light of the liquor store fire

Crates of whiskey, rum and wine Exploding in the flames
The sky was sick with sweet ashen booze
And over in the haze of lights
The owner sobbed and prayed
Surrounded by mic's from the TV news
And as the flames were rising higher
That girl disappeared (hold chord)
The night of the liquor store fire

credits

from Funeral Bonsai Wedding, released September 19, 2016
recorded and mixed by John Abbey at Kingsize, Chicago, Feb - June, 2014
Mastered by Bob Weston, Chicago Mastering Service

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Steve Dawson Chicago, Illinois

Steve Dawson’s new solo album tells a powerful story of faith lost and artistry reborn. AT THE BOTTOM OF A CANYON IN THE BRANCHES OF A TREE revisits depths that many of us have experienced in recent years and takes us to heights to which we all aspire.

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