1956

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1956

October 1956
The air is still warm and the leaves
Hang onto the trees in the yard
Hang onto the trees in the yard

I take your picture by the pool
The sun on your back, you straighten your cap
No longer a girl
No longer a girl

Everything they said well it’s all true
From where I stand I can see
You in the reflection of you
You in the perfection of youth

Tonight we might drive to the beach
Follow the road to the coast
And swim like fish in the sea
Swim like fish

A moment in time decades from now
Someone opens a book, our picture falls out
All of the words they’re breathed back to life
But you and me we’re still gone

You’re fond of wine and fast machines
But you’d spend your days alone in a book
If it wasn’t for me
If it wasn’t for me

I used to wile away the nights
At all the cafés in town
Working at getting tight
Working at getting tight

We trade the dirt for cobblestones
I tell you I’d build you one and you laugh
But I know that you know
I know that you know

Their names for us don’t make a sound
The words are all dead but we know
It’s us that’ll rest in the ground
It’s us that’ll rest

A moment in time decades from now
Someone opens a book, our picture falls out
All of the words, they’re breathed back to life
But you and me, we’re still gone

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from BADLANDS, released February 23, 2017

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el palomino Vancouver, British Columbia

El Palomino is the creative efforts of Justin Fleming and friends, based out of Vancouver BC. El Palomino’s debut album Badlands, is a down-tempo drive through a soulful, sonic landscape. The album re-draws the boundaries of indie-rock to encompass the no mans land where soul, shoegaze, R&B, and dream-pop intersect. Justin has played in Vancouver indie bands like Run River and Library. ... more

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