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QTN: guitar, voice and harmonica
Jason Montgomery: upright bass and pedal steel
Simon Lucas: drums;
Lewi Longmire: mandolin
Nancy Tannler: piano
Joseph Siegel: violin
Kris Deelane, Amanda Spring and Kelly Bosworth: voices.

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s o m a n y d a y s

it's a life in time, seasons turn like pages
children grow so fast, people act on stages
such a lot to do, so many blessins
dreams are sometimes true,
good or bad they're lessons

so the story goes, not everything is matter
leave only footprints, climb up on that ladder
do the best you can, listen with a keen ear
open every day, breathe a little deeper

so many days, so many years
so many stories, in a world of tears
so many roads, so many words
so many songs never to be heard

it's okay to care, be aware of blindness
reach out your hand, share a little kindness
it's all a circle, you won't be backed in a corner
so the story goes – on and on like water

what's a life well-led? there's so many questions
so much potential, different intentions
like a masquerade, a homemade parade of faces
some are lifelong friends, others time erases

so many days, so many years
so many roads, so many tears
so many stories, so many words
so many songs never to be heard

that world we know has never been forgotten
it opens every moment
no matter how you're distracted
spin the crooked wheel,
win a box of chickens
you could be the next inventor
of somethin finger lickin

if you only knew the sound inside your ocean
you'd reach behind the mirror
and touch the maybe never
you can live by heart, you can open a window
see behind the door, don’t forget to knock it
like that look you have the way you sing tog ether
that song inside your river will carry me forever

so many days, so many years
so many roads, so many tears
so many stories, TOO many words
so many songs never to be heard

reach for the sky,
stand a little taller
see how wild the world is
feel a little smaller

even though you know
you may never find it,
the perfect missing chord
and how to get lost behind it

the pulsing of yr blood, it's autonomic
history proves again
everything's comic-cozmic…

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from the sound of photosynthesis, released February 14, 2016

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Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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