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Ruins

by Stan Simon

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1.
Driving to the border sign With blood dripping on the floor Robbed a bar on the desert line And was shot running out the door I am lost In a wasteland, so lost. In my head, I drown. I walked in like a wanted man I struck the bartender with a bottle in my hand I grabbed the cash like a maniac In my car I found a bullet in my back Plant a rose the day I die Lay it on The Desert Line Strangled by the burning sun Sirens are blaring hard They’ll hang me for what I’ve done And the highway is my graveyard I am lost In a wasteland, so lost. In my head, I drown. I walked in like a wanted man I struck the bartender with a bottle in my hand I grabbed the cash like a maniac In my car I found a bullet in my back Plant a rose the day I die Lay it on The Desert Line.
2.
Shatter these chains Upon the forgotten train Collide into the endless night Windows are smashed by leafless trees Rain enters the train as wind stirs the sea. Smoke is rising, the crow’s fly through The bridge is cracking but I’m going somewhere new. Travel in the bloom of the melting yellow moon As the engine howls and screams. Shatter these chains Upon the forgotten train Collide into the endless night From a past now slain Upon the forgotten train And ride chasing the raging tide Broken voices are calling me From deserted towns where shadows flee Through the forest the train the moves fast Leaving all I known on rusted tracks Travel in the bloom of the melting yellow moon As the engine howls and screams. Shatter these chains Upon the forgotten train Collide into the endless night From a past now slain Upon the forgotten train And ride chasing the raging tide
3.
Dark Rider 04:01
Creeping like a spider A shadow no one hears Driving, my dark rider Whispers in my ear Nothing is real Headlights on the road Highway a concrete spine Stranger, an evil groan Lives inside my mind Nothing is real Dark Rider Dark Rider I will drive all night long Burning, Clawing out of my head Grinning in the seat Killer in a bolo tie Liar, who’s truest nature Is red hands and yellow eyes. Nothing is real
4.
The Marquee 04:12
Rock and roll has met its end While the jukebox plays songs by ghosts golden days A lonely bar in a broken town I’m breaking down Wondering where you are Down the street or somewhere far The marquee says you and me Are leaving town tonight on a highway to the sea There is no show, no crowd to clap I’m waiting in the alley for you to come back From my table stands the stage Where I played drunken nights to empty rooms and their lights Another drink the bartender pours I’m staring at the door Wondering where you are Down the street or somewhere far
5.
Red beard and a scar on my face Made choices that I can’t replace Wrongly charged killing a senators son He was drunk on the bottle, drove full throttle Crashed my car and the state put the blame on me Running to be free Cold sweat drips down my back They’ll hunt me like a rabid pack Lock me up and my innocence too The dead will follow a desperado Read the sign that says: WANTED! Ten Thousand Dollar Man Wanted for his crimes, sentenced to hang Currently on the lam Have you seen this man? I’ll leave this town behind Creep into the valley of night Find some bar; try to drink myself to sleep. I hear someone shouting, someone knocking, Oh, god I got to get the hell out of here Before the end comes near The dead will follow a desperado Read the sign that says: WANTED! Ten Thousand Dollar Man Wanted for his crimes, sentenced to hang Currently on the lam Have you seen this man? Fortune never favored me I’ll stop and see my family Before I go where I will never be found My tears are flowing, I best be going I am the ten thousand dollar man
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Love will crack your bones Grip your heart, turn it to stone Time, a smoky lane That we walk to love again Into the dust I fall Crashing down like a cannonball Down on the cold ground I say out loud Oh my burning heart Breaks down, falls apart Rising to reclaim Like the smoke that once was flame Death has sung its song Howling through the night long Bloom the dawn of youth Falling leaves wither to truth
8.
Ragged Moon 03:40
Ragged moon, like a mirror you reflect into me Your light I am lost in the forest of my psyche All night Broken chains surround me in the rain Wind through the trees whisper to me Old and torn, the secrets I’ve worn Fall upon my eyes, every day, every night. Ragged moon, like a mirror you reflect into me Your light I am lost in the forest of my psyche All night Burn it down, let ashes fall around Move throughout time in the woods of your mind I have gone mad in this avalanche Of fear that won’t let me go
9.
The lighthouse, you came with me To feel the breeze and touch the sea And from your eyes to the words I hold When you said you want to watch me grow old. I am breathless on the cove Your face a song the Gods composed In a fading sky, one day we will die I will listen until the blue leaves our eyes. When we’re old and by the fire Together once again A history of tender years Held in wrinkled hands And the sun will ignite And the moon will cool the night When our grave is a crashing wave We’ll leave behind new life. We set sail on a crowd of stars A ship made from wooden guitars A vessel we ride through the rising tide With the ghosts of the seas silent years. Oh, my heart was slow to learn But every turn assures my fate The lighthouse shines, a thick white line As I marvel at the change in your face. My one, my only one A time when we’re old
10.
Some say time repairs our fractures Renews our hope, corrects the frame I was broken, I was damaged When the night crept into my eyes So I wrote, heard sounds of beauty Searched the land, toned my despair I am the shepherd of my darkness Plucked the strings trembling in my mind When the night crept into my eyes I felt my lungs fill with breath When the night crept into my eyes I was sheltered in the abyss That I’m falling through Oh my heart is like a mountain All the years fall from its side Into the ocean, the endless fountain Sweeps the night in the shrinking tide

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Ruins - May, 2016

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released May 26, 2016

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Stan Simon Toronto, Ontario

Stan Simon began writing songs at an early age in Toronto, with poignant melodies on a broken guitar from his father. He delivers earnest lyrics, sung with vocal prowess, sharp harmonica and a rustic acoustic sound that resonates through your body. His upcoming album, “Songs from Strange Places” contains classic storytelling and songwriting reminiscent of the great poets and balladeers before him. ... more

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