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    Bob Bryden (Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag, Age of Mirrors, producer-Forgotten Rebels) and Long Day Journey (Rory Quinn) with Katie Iarocci produced a double lp/single extended play CD neo-psych concept album.

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If 'Promise of Purpose' is the penultimate climax of the film - an 'almost' finale, then in old reserved seat roadshow movie terms, 'Street Opera #2' is the 'EXIT MUSIC'. Except - 'Hold on, there's more'. Like those super hero movies where you have to wait till the VERY end of the credits 'cos there's a surprise in store. It's called #2 because Bob wanted to re-do it from the 'Abandoned Songs...' album.

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Street Opera #2 (Bryden)

I was strollin’ down the block a streetlight
When the vision crept into my brain
Something inside keeps pushin’ me baby
Sayin’ nothing’s gonna be the same.

And if you hear my heartbeat baby
Like a river on overflow
You’re gonna get that downbeat baby
There’s just one thing I want you to know
One thing I want you to know

That if you fall down
I’m gonna catch you
And if you get high
I’m gonna watch you fly.

I was talkin’ like a man insane baby
My senses done made for the door
I was feelin’ upset, I was swimmin’ in sweat
I was seeking light, high and low

I was tired, I was wired,
I was bad uninspired
When the feeling finally found me deranged
I got hot in the collar, turned green as a dollar
When someone said it’s time for change
Don’t you think it’s time for a change?

Well the sun came up and the first little pup
Took a step toward the shore of the sea
He made his first bark and a cosmic spark
Ignited half the local scenery

Goodnight, good-day, goodbye brother
It’s been a pleasure but I sure gotta roll
There’s a band downtown makin’ vagabond sounds
Like a floodlight splashin’ your soul
I was turned, I was burned, I was fallin’ awake
From all the secrets that I had to reveal
Pump me full of lead and leave me for dead
If there’s anything I try to conceal

Well the last thing you know is the first thing to go
and there’s no one you can ask for help
Except your brother standin’ right beside you
Lookin’ at you like you look yourself
Love your brother like you love yourself.

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from Love in the Atomic Age by Bob Bryden and Long Day Journey (featuring Katie Iarocci), track released May 7, 2021
Song by Bob Bryden.

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Bob Bryden Burlington, Ontario

Formerly of Reign Ghost, Christmas, Benzene Jag and Age of Mirrors.

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