Golden City

from Mystery of the Rose by Ian Lilburne

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Words and music by Ian Lilburne. Produced by Lee Buddle, Crank Recording.

A love letter to my home town.

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GOLDEN CITY

Crystal towers
On a limestone plain
A meandering river
With a double name
The pastel colours
Of a lazy port
The terminal terminus
At the end of the world

Unreal city *
Virtual town
All the money’s made
Underground
Everything new
Little built to last
A city that always
Reinvents its past

But they all go broke
When they knock the
Good stuff down

Secret City
Numinous Town
The ghosts and angels of a
Lost playground

MIDDLE EIGHT

In the river’s bend
A hidden cove
A private-public space
La bonne vaux

SOLO

Melted sunlight
On a cloud-scattered sky
Mauves and burgundies
Cast awry
Golden sunset
Golden town
Golden city sitting
Upside down

Sometimes I wonder why
I just don’t leave?
Guess it’s all the
People here I love

Golden City
Golden Town **

© IAN LILBURNE
JUNE 2012/MARCH 2017

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from Mystery of the Rose, track released January 13, 2021
Ian Lilburne - guitar and lead vocal
Sam Ray - backing vocals
Pete Jeavons - double bass
Tristen Parr - cello
Steve Richter - bowed vibraphone, clay pot and metals
Cathie Travers - accordion and piano

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