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Leaving This City

from Swampland Flowers by Chris Monti

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Leaving this City
-words and music © 2002 Chris Monti

I would like to think that I could make this woman my wife | But that won’t be the case in this life | I would like to think that I could always be around | So that I could pick her up when she’s down

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I’m going away to leave this city | Leaving all I have behind | Oh and I don’t know | Just exactly where I’ll go | But I know, she’ll be on my mind

She would never let me take hold of her hand | I’d reach for it and she would pull it right away | I was just trying to ease her through her crying | And sometimes there’s not much that you can say | I’m starting to understand what it will take to be a man | Until I am, I will not reach out my hand

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“If I were half the man that I thought you were looking for | I’d spend all my time looking for the other half” | When I say this she just smiles, says, “I hate what you just said” | But I had to say it because we might not have much more time

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from Swampland Flowers, released December 1, 2002
Rachel Ede, fiddle. Chris Monti, vocals, guitar and bass

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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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