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Independence Day

from Home by Chris Monti

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Independence Day
-words and music © 2011 Chris Monti

This is my own Independence Day | This is my own Independence Day | I can't find a better way | I can't find a better way to celebrate | Than to be here alone |

The indifferent maw of death took my new wife | Interrupting our plans for a happy life | Interrupting all our argument and strife | Cutting our ties with a merciless knife | One last shrill note from the fife, and then the rustle of leaves |

Mother's gone I can't do it alone | If I do nothing they'll never be born | Missing life by a few lazy days | Better off, let me count the ways | Never enter this maze, never feel so alone |

I abandon my charges and I take to the wing | No more life this world to bring | No more searching, no more song to sing | Everything goes cold |

This is my own Independence Day | This is my own Independence Day | I can't find a better way | I can't find a better way to celebrate | Than to be here alone |

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from Home, released December 1, 2010
Chris on 12-string guitar and harmonica

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Chris Monti Providence, Rhode Island

Known for his effortless style and musical curiosity, Chris has immersed himself in West African guitar, dug deep into country-blues and old-time music, and moves seamlessly between diverse styles from Egypt, Peru and India. He has toured the East Coast, Canada and points west. He also enjoys his singular role in the community as a strange combination of entertainer, educator, and magician. ... more

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