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Song for Walter Benjamin

by Leigh Gregory

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about

“Song for Walter Benjamin” was to be performed at the Betsey Trotwood pub in April 2020 as part of the series The Storyteller: Tales out of Loneliness by Walter Benjamin and presented by the Bushwick Book Club London. The show was unfortunately canceled due to COVID but the song is now available on Bandcamp.

lyrics

Song for Walter Benjamin

European son out on your own
Travel then to Paris maybe Rome
Ancient passageways sunken alleyways that shone

Won’t you take a trip I’ll be your guide
Through the city to the other side
Glaring promenades stately palisades arcades

Won’t you come along with me
Share my thoughts and visions
Modern decay - swept away
Ash and dust revisioned

Won’t you take a trip along with me
In my world of twisted symmetry
Abstract and absurd hanging on these lonely words

Won’t you come along with me
Share my thoughts and visions
Modern decay - swept away
Ash and dust revisioned

credits

released May 7, 2021
Leigh Gregory: Vocals, guitars, keys
Aaron Kerr: Cello
Dana Valois: Backing vocals

Mixed/produced by Damien Rasmussen for smokeandmirrosaudio, San Francisco, CA
Additional recording done at GuilderSound, Forest Lake, MN

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Leigh Gregory San Francisco, California

Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Occasional Poet/Occasional Artist/Cat Dad of Four.

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