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from The Dreamkeeper and a Gun by Laura Dunn with the Ghosts of Xmas Past

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We walked the streets of Montreal in the rain--
your eyes were stone blue
like the walls in the china town lanes.
My phone drowned in my purse,
our clothes became clear, blue skin.
Clear as the water that walls
this island town in.

I said this feels like a french film
but it felt like more than that--
thinking of your skin
I ran my hand down a store front's glass.

If this were a film, we'd have ended up in love.

In a letter, later, you said "I should have kissed
you in that storm." If I'd have wrote back,
I'd have said "what is a kiss for?"
Remember I reached out my hand
but not drop can pass through the skin.
If each of us is an island
how do we let more than the cold in?

If this were a film, we'd have ended up in love.

If this were a novel, we'd have ended up dead.

If this were a music video, I'd have got you in to bed.

But this is a song, so I guess I'll tell the truth.
Nothing happened with us, I still think about you.

If this were a film, we'd have ended up in love.

We walked the streets of Montreal in the rain
and I wonder if I'll ever see you again.

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from The Dreamkeeper and a Gun, released May 22, 2011
© 2011 Laura Dunn
words and music by Laura Dunn
Laura Dunn, banjo, vocals,
Sarah Baum, accordion
Brian Rady and Christian Appel, vocals

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Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past Portland, Oregon

with Bjorkish runaway melodies and surreal lyricism, Laura Dunn and the Ghosts of Xmas Past combine banjo-driven creepy folk music with opera singers, toy pianos and rattling chains.
She sounds like "Emmylou Harris singing in a haunted house" --James Duval, Virginia Omnivore ... more

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