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Great Lake Swimmers's lyrics & chords

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie folk band which formed in 2003 in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. The band began with Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Erik Arneson (banjo, guitar, harmonium), Bret Higgens (bass), Julie Fader (keyboards, vocals) and Greg Millson (drums). Julie Fader subsequently left, and Miranda Mulholland, on violin and backing vocals, joined. Fifty-five years ago, Marilyn Bell took a plunge and traversed Lake Ontario. Back then, being a Great Lake swimmer was a big deal; now, it's an astonishing physical feat tak...read more

your rocky spine

pulling on a line

changing colours

backstage with the modern dancers

put there by the land

everything is moving so fast

i am part of a large family

moving pictures silent films

where in the world are you

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i will never see the sun

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i saw you in the wild

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this is not like home

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she comes to me in dreams

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moving, shaking

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merge, a vessel, a harbour

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the chorus in the underground

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the man with no skin

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unison falling into harmony

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new light

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think that you might be wrong

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to leave it behind

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singer castle bells

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the animals of the world

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new wild everywhere

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river's edge

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long into the evening

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three days at sea (three lost years)

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faithful night, listening

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changes with the wind

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see you on the moon!

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ballad of a fisherman's wife

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hang a string of lights

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swimming away

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don't leave me hanging

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gonna make it through this year

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something like a storm

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i must have someone else's blues

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hands in dirty ground

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shaking all over

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it's too late

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i was a wayward pastel bay

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one more charge at the red cape

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the storms are on the ocean

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a bird flew inside the house

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a jukebox in a desert of snow

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les champs de progéniture

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with every departure

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expecting you

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before they make me run

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what was going through my head

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something heavy - bonus track

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send me a letter

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innocent when you dream

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our mother the mountain

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tony dekker on palmstry

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eyes on the prize

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encore

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final bow

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the desperate kingdom of love

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talking in your sleep

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when the snow starts to fall

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down at the canmore hotel

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falls

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intro by grant lawrence

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don’t cry no tears

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one hundred years from now

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tiny desk concert at npr

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modern dancers

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stop listen feel

Lost channels Ongiara Silent films Ballad of a Taillights fade Such a long swim Deel i What we see is what you get Break I wanna sing that rock n roll song Sessie Falling tnto the sky Coldsnap

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