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I'll Choose the River

by Joe Burns

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This is the first single release by singer songwriter Joe Burns from his upcoming album Artifice Soul.

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I'll Choose the River-Lyrics

The Sunshine stretches and pulls himself up on the
New downtown high rise
He sighs and says to himself, "What happened to my,
What happened to my skyline?"
But the people they just stare at other people
In the building across the way

But I'll choose the river

The stale breath of a city exhaling its
Late night vices
Cotton candy clouds ignored by a people strapped headfirst
To their devices
And I am torn by the lull of both God
And less virtuous choices

So I'll choose the river
It's been running here long before
And in its obsidian stare
Ancient stories unfold
Waters overflow in my soul
'Cause I'll choose the river

The river runs breakneck away from the
Bile spilling masses
Its banks scream out burned by the pace of its waters
Its waters as it passes
But I'll find calm as I drink
From the coolness of where it has landed

Then I'll choose the river
It's been running here long before
And in its obsidian stare
Ancient stories unfold
Waters overflow in my soul
'Cause I'll choose the river

And is this what you
Really wanted
Is this what you really wanted
Really wanted
'Cause this is what we
Should have wanted
This is what we should have wanted
Should have wanted

The Sunshine stretches and pulls himself up on the
New downtown high rise

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released April 23, 2021
Written by Joe Burns
Produced by Patrick Corbett
Performed by Joe Burns and Patrick Corbett

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Joe Burns is a singer-songwriter from Guelph, Ontario playing folk rock alternative.

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