Henry's Song

from Uranium by Cancelled Stamps

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I still see your face
Weathered from your years
Eyes alight with tales to share

We'd talk about your travels
While we passed away the hours
Sipping coffee and playing dominoes

And you'd say...

Don't get old like me
On the doorstep of memory
Until you head out on a journey
Of your own
Let the mountains, the canyons, the rivers
Bring you home

You would ask if I remembered
A fellow or a place
Showing off some old souvenirs

Though they happened long ago
Way before my time
I can only glimpse them in your tears

You had long since been retired
Lost the friends you had admired
Wondering where this time could be

I'd pass another cup
While you'd finish that one up
And we'd play "What if we win that lottery?"

And you'd say...

Don't get old like me
On the doorstep of memory
Until you head out on a journey
Of your own
Let the mountains, the canyons, the rivers
Bring you home

Now I'm tooling down that road
Where I promised I would go
In my worn out, rattling motor coach

The open road ahead
My thoughts drift far behind
Wishing you were traveling with me

And when my face is lined
My adventures far behind
Left with stories and faded photographs

Though I won't have far to go
In my heart I'll know
I owe it all to the shadow that you cast

And I'll say...

Don't get old like me
On the doorstep of memory
Until you head out on a journey
Of your own
Let the mountains, the canyons, the rivers
Bring you...

Don't get old like me
On the doorstep of memory
Until you head out on a journey
Of your own
Let the mountains, the canyons, the rivers
Bring you

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from Uranium, released December 6, 2020
Music by Cancelled Stamps (Shannon Cassidy, Jen Pruitt, Dee Settar, Pete Roper)
Lyrics by Shannon Cassidy

Recorded at The Magpie Cage recording studio - Baltimore MD - Sept 2020
Produced/Engineered by J. Robbins
Mastered at Sunroom Audio, New York NY by Dan Coutant

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We are a Baltimore based original band. With a love of 90s rock, 80s new wave, singer/songwriters, and a modern edge, we've created a sound all it's own

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