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A Phantom and a Dream

from Song of the Month Club by American Elm

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Scratch demo recorded in my living room, that sounds like it was recorded inside a soda can. It was written and recorded in the same day.

I wrote it with a couple of dear friends in mind.

lyrics

Take care! Take care!
in everything under sun
Be aware! Be aware!
but don't close your heart to anyone

We're all longing to be free
from the blight of misery
this world tearing at the seams
is just a phantom and a dream

Saint Peter in chains
walking from the subterrane
can we rise from the ground
alive in hope that does abound?

All who are longing to be free
from the blight of misery
a bubble floating in a stream
this world's a phantom and a dream

Sail on! Sail on!
through storms just like the watermen
We long! We Long!
to learn to to love the howling wind

Prisoners longing to be free
left to wander mystery
a world that's rarely what it seems
like a phantom and a dream

We're all longing to be free
from the blight of misery
this world tearing at the seams
is just a phantom and a dream

Take care! Take care!
in everything under sun
Be aware! Be aware!
but don't close your heart to anyone

Take care! Take care!
in everything under sun
Be aware! Be aware!
but don't close your heart to anyone

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from Song of the Month Club, released September 10, 2013
Written by Christopher J. Bousquet
Copyright 2022
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cb sings and plays acoustic guitar (his beloved Guild F44, specifically)

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American Elm New Haven, Connecticut

American Elm, aka Chris Bousquet, is singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He is the former leader of the internationally acclaimed High Lonesome Plains. He has performed with such luminaries as Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Mercury Rev, Miracle Legion, John Sebastian, Asleep at the Wheel, Rhett Miller, Mark Mulcahy, The Turtles, Nathaniel Rateliff, Dry the River, J. Geils, and Susan Cowsill. ... more

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