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Camera Obscura

from Deep in the Waves by J. Briozo

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lyrics

We found an old photo booth
In the Musée Mécanique
So we sat down for pictures
In the rows of antiques

We made stupid faces
We smiled and we kissed
We pushed back the curtain
Something was amiss

Now it's gone
Like a thought slipped off the tongue

A fog had descended
Outside the arcade
So we ran for a fun house
With a brash, bawdy maid

You got spooked
By the cackle of old Laffin' Sal
Which wasn't too hard
She was a frightening gal

Now she's gone
Like a verse in a long lost song

Now she's gone
Like a scrapbook when the house burns down

We got lost for a moment
In the mirror maze
Then I found you again
As we broke through the haze

We were both trapped in limbo
Where we read words of fear
"Abandon all hope
Ye who enter here!"

Now they're gone
Like thoughts slipped off the tongue

Now they're gone
Like scrapbooks when the house burns down

We live and we love
And we hardly know why
We tear all it down
With our memories inside

We build and we build
And we build and we build
New towers climb high

Tear down the old
Auctioned then sold
Twisted and turned
Broken and burned

Tear it down, tear it down
Tear it on down to the ground

Tear it down, tear it down
Tear it on down to the ground

We strolled past the Cliff House
Admiring the tide
Discovered a camera
And climbed right inside

We looked through a glass sphere
And then got shanghaied
To the Barbary Coast
In ol' '49

Now they're gone
Like the verses of a long lost song

Now they're gone
Like scrapbooks when the house burns down

We saw Spider Kelly
and Three-Fingered Jack
Before the Camera Obscura
Faded to black

Alice, we've wandered
So far from home
Which road leads us back
From the sand and the foam?

Now they're gone
Like thoughts slipped off the tongue

Now they're gone
Like scrapbooks when the house burns down

credits

from Deep in the Waves, released November 17, 2017
Jeff Crandall - Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Bass, Electric Guitars, Backing Vocals
Aaron Kerr - Cellos
Justin DeLeon - Drums
Tyson Allison - Percussion, Backing Vocals
Jim Baldrica - Trumpet

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Crandall
Arranged by Jeff Crandall, Aaron Kerr, Justin DeLeon, Brett Hansen, Jim Baldrica and Tyson Allison
Produced by Jeff Crandall
Engineered by Randy Gildersleeve
Mixed by Randy Gildersleeve, Jeff Crandall and Justin DeLeon
Mastered by JJ Golden

Recorded at GilderSound, Forest Lake, MN
Mastered at Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA
© 2017 Jeff Crandall
℗ 2017 Swallow the Music LLC

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