Name: At the Church with the Missing Door
Duration: P00H02M44S
Description: The guitars get some extra jangle on this track by way of holding the chords and hammering the strings up and down their length with the business end of a very big screwdriver. Same chords as the strumming track.

At the Church with the Missing Door

from Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag by Ric Alba

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The guitars get some extra jangle on this track by way of holding the chords and hammering the strings up and down their length with the business end of a very big screwdriver. Same chords as the strumming track.

lyrics

At the steps to your mighty door it's me, your native son.
You'll remember I lived here before, 'til I thought that we were done.
I was only gonna hang this note, walk away,
call you up someday, but here you are, the door is gone,
you took it off and let the light in.

Yes I remember, how could I not?
But do you remember me?
I picked a lock and I broke some chains while you were looking for a key.
Then I saw you, clear across the sea.
Did you see me as I ran for the door?
I tore it off so you could see, so could you see some light?

Waiting and watching one night, this one point of light cam on,
on a world I walked on before.
I always thought it would be you. It's like you knew.

So go ahead, bring it all out loud, hang it right here on my wall.
It'll be there for all to see when tomorrow comes to call.
We found some room on the narrow track,
so welcome back to your new world and mine,
Because here we are, how about that.

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from Butterflies in Caterpillar Drag, released September 16, 2017

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Ric Alba California

The one who had been in Undercover, The Altar Boys, and now Dead Artist Syndrome, and Moral DK.

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