recorded at The House of Miracles, Cambridge, Ontario by buttonfly!
artwork for this track: Beatrice Shilton (ceramic mug of Greg Curnoe, 2013)
lyrics
I love the colors of the wheels as they spin, my head's full of bicycles, Curnoe let in. The spokes and the handlebars keep quicksand thoughts at bay, if I pedal hard enough I think I'll get away.
And be in the now, not the "what could have been". Be in the now, not the "what could have been" or the past we forget so quickly.
The puddles are still til I crash right in, the surface of the surface saves my skin - don't go deep, deep, deeper right down, you'll get mired in dark thinking, it'll pull you right down.
rap: A yellow bicycle, a shrine, 13 cyclists in the wrong place at the wrong time, they crested the hill at Delaware, unaware, 13 riders reflected off ashphalt. Was it mine, was it yours,was it the driver's fault? Rays of pale sunshine, accidental death, asinine. Blinded, blind-sided, accidental death, asinine. Greg Curnoe was struck by a pick-up truck, a distracted driver who didn't look up.
Deeds, abstracts, all facts, McFadden wrote it down in a poem in fact:" A barn floats in a lake" "the sky full of death" (he was no fake) "the angels covered their eyes with their wings", like his friend Greg, David could sing! Yeah, David could sing! Deeds, abstracts, 13 cyclists geared down on Highway 2 near Delaware town, it was 1992, on the 14th of November on a Saturday, Greg Curnoe was killed on a hill, the only cyclist to die that day. Greg Curnoe was struck by a pick-up truck, a distracted driver who didn't looked up.
Oh, you could ride, ride, ride til your legs were sore, but you'd never catch up with the yellow Mariposa. The spokes and handlebars, all shapes that he drew, if we pedal hard enough the memories will come through and
Be in the now, not the "what could have been" -- be in the now, not the "what could have been" or the past we forget so quickly...
credits
from the bodies we leave,
track released April 13, 2013
Linda Bussière -- vocals, guitar
Pat Telmer -- vocals (rap), lead guitar
Dave Taylor -- bass guitar
Brian Shilton -- bicycle, alto and tenor saxophones
Luke Hildreth -- drums
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