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The House Across the Street

from Lubricating the Species by Brian Cutean QTN

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QTN: guitar and voice
Thomas Hart: guitar and voice
Sara Warner: voice

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T h e H o u s e A c r o s s t h e S t r e e t

Tried to write so many times
just can't seem to find the lines
just can't seem to land the words
my attempts seem so unsure...
Ever seem to wake at last
remembering every moment past
leaning heard on shadows cast
scuffling in the dirt?

Take me in your heart so I can fly around that beat
Tell me of the time that's left
in the house across the street
and, while we shuffle across the floor
the distance of the room,
Take me in your heart beneath the big harvest moon

Explanations were always brief
we dropped our mouths in disbelief
we closed our eyes with some relief
rolling off our brows
but for every song we've never sung
and every time we felt too young
and every time we've dared to hope
regardless of the odds:

Take me in your heart so I can fly around that beat
Tell me of the time that's left
in the house across the street
and, while we shuffle across the floor
the distance of the room,
Take me in your heart beneath the big harvest moon

Shadows flicker across the wall
they rise up high and start to fall
with bent down knees I slowly crawl
along the dusty floors.

For every moment I hesitate
for every thought I contemplate
so many voices congregate
pounding on my doors

Down through all the ages past
mankind cries and go too fast
so afraid to be the last
statue in the dust...

Take me in your heart so I can fly around that beat
Tell me of the time that's left
in the house across the street
and, while we shuffle across the floor
the distance of the room,
Take me in your heart beneath the big full harvest moon

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from Lubricating the Species, released April 1, 1988

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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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