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Beside the Shuttered Doors

from Oh Quiet World by David Berkeley

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The city is silent like a ghost on the cobblestones.
Even the church bells do not ring.

The winds they are blowing off the coast down the alleyways,
Sweeping beside the shuttered doors.

Oh quiet world, maybe now we’ll know what we really need.
I need to know you’re fine.

I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more.

After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.

Now all we want to know is when
This too shall pass,
And when we can be who we used to be.

Cause we don’t know how to bow or bend
Until things really get bad.
Maybe it’s time at last.

I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more.

After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.

Last night the moon rose over balconies
All silver and wise.
Ever the quiet face of change.

If we can get through this then maybe
We can get through it all.
Give us another chance.

I couldn’t see it all before.
We couldn’t see we wanted more

After it all may we not be the same.
Yeah when we come back may we come back changed.
Let us be washed in the pouring rain.
Oh quiet world, maybe we can change.

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from Oh Quiet World, track released June 22, 2020
Words and music by David Berkeley
Straw Man Publishing, ASCAP 2020

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David Berkeley Santa Fe, New Mexico

The San Francisco Chronicle calls Santa Fe-based songwriter and author David Berkeley a “musical poet,” and the New York Times praises his “lustrous, melancholy voice with shades of Tim Buckley and Nick Drake.” He was a guest on This American Life, and has released 7 studio albums and 2 books. He is also half of the wildly creative Trans-Atlantic costumed duo Son of Town Hall. ... more

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