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As You Lie Sleeping
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As You Lie Sleeping - From the CD Ghosts by Marty Murray 2005
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Solo acoustic folk rock, singer-songwriter, in the Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Jim Croce style.
I'm a singer/songwriter from the Niagara region who has been playing the bars and clubs of this area for over 30 years. I did some band work in the past, and that was a lot of fun, but for the past ten years or so I've just gone back to using my trusty 12-string and my voice. In the spring of 2005 I finally finished recording my debut album, Ghosts, and so far the reaction to it has been incredibly positive. I wanted to keep it simple and straightforward, like the early records of my musical hero, Gordon Lightfoot, and I was really pleased with how everything turned out. I hope to start work on the next album in the coming year, which like my current one will contain a mixture of old and new songs, but will hopefully be a bit sunnier in tone. I still enjoy performing a great deal - it's still one of the favourite things in my life.
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Peak #131
Peak in subgenre #36
Author
Martin Murray
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Martin Murray
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February 01, 2006
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MP3 3.7 MB 128 kbps 3:59
Story behind the song
I wrote this song late on Christmas Eve in 1995. My wife had informed me just a few months earlier that our marriage was over, and I had begun seeing an old girlfriend who now lived a fair distance away. That day she was heading out to Calgary to spend the Christmas holidays with her sister, and I was feeling pretty sad and alone. It’s quite a bittersweet tune, but one of my favourites, and I absolutely love the little guitar hook that Jay Reed came up with, that runs throughout the song. I think it really made this song something special.
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As You Lie Sleeping (Lyrics by Marty Murray) It's wintertime in the city Snow is falling down on the gritty streets of my hometown The stars are shining cold and bright On this clear December night My breath hangs in the air without a sound I think of you so far away Leaving on this wintery day On a westbound plane across the sky Flying through the moonlit night Far above the clouds so bright This time of year can make you sigh But I write these words for you For the times that I told you what I'm feeling were so few And my thoughts they are with you Tonight as you lie sleeping I think of days so long ago I see your smiling face aglow In memories of a carefree time Holding you so close and tight Making love into the night How quickly did that summer fly Moving to another town Trying hard to settle down I always knew you would do well And though we went our separate ways The memories of those special days Fill my heart with wonders I can't tell So I write these words for you For the times that I told you what I'm feeling were so few And my thoughts they are with you Tonight as you lie sleeping I'm still holding on To these feelings that have never really gone I felt so peaceful and so calm When I was beside you So I write these words for you For the times that I told you what I'm feeling were so few And my thoughts they are with you Tonight as you lie sleeping
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Robert Moss
Jul 13, 2009
very well done!