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Sleep Like a Soldier

from Ink (2017) by Anthony Toner

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Sleep like a Soldier

I saw the lights of my hometown, as I was coming down the hill.
I saw the blue of every TV on every window sill.
Street signs and phone wires and a broken white line,
and a tree that I planted in a garden that was mine.
I saw the wind turbine blades reach their hands up to the stars,
and I wound my window down, and caught some music from the bars.
Saw a stray dog at the station with the last train gone,
saw the river kiss the bridge and roll on.

I breathe it out and I breathe it in,
and I swear I see you walking on these streets again.
If you would fold me in your arms once more,
I would sleep like a soldier coming home from the war.

I smelled the roses down in Anderson Park
Where the little desperadoes used to hide out after dark.
Felt the blood sweat and tears coming back through my skin,
so I turned the music off and I let it back in -
that night I tossed and I turned in my mother’s spare room,
where the ghosts and wardrobes stood around in the gloom.
The branches tap their fingers on the window frame,
and I soaked myself in nightmares - and I waited for the flame.

I breathe it out and I breathe it in,
and I swear I see you walking on these streets again.
If you would fold me in your arms once more,
I would sleep like a soldier coming home from the war.

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from Ink (2017), released March 2, 2023
Anthony Toner - guitars and vocals
Peter McKinney - drums
Clive Culbertson - bass
John McCullough - piano

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An independent singer songwriter and guitarist, based in Belfast.

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