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she took a holiday
to find another way
i watched her sail away
to see it all, she said
to dream it all before i'm dead
to leave it all astray
she made her peace and fled
the apparitions in her head
too much to hold her down
she never knew how far
she'd go before she hit the stars
and stopped to look around

she lit out on the run
to chase her shadow to the sun
that burns so brighter than
the next thing on the list
it's nothing but she can't resist
the reins are in her hands
she sings a made-up song
and wanders in her mind along
the halls and alleyways
for a moment, everywhere is home
she's always there under the foam
but she won't be there to stay

take a random point in your memory
take an open space in your heart
take another break from your fantasy, child
and say hello

she set the fire there
and moved long, so unaware
of all she left behind
or was it just a thought
behind the curtain, overwrought
like all thoose other signs
somewhere, her voice it sings
for a moment, she is everything
her world has ever known
until the break of day
to shake it loose and drift away
through paradise alone

take a random point in your memory
take an open space in your heart
take another break from your fantasy, child
and say hello

just like a passing fit
she wallows in the face of it
and goes another round
behind the garden wall
in camouflage, before the ball
she barely makes a sound
the sum of all the world in her
she has no time to register
the love she feels inside
she'd never hide away
she lives tomorrow yesterday
and that's all i gotta say

take another point in your memories
take an open space in your heart
take another break from your fantasy, child
and say hello

-4/11/15

(based on an unfinished song from 1993)

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from Say Hello EP (fdm138), released February 2, 2022

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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