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Song That Doesn't Rhyme

from Ghostlight Sessions by Adrian Glynn

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My dad emigrated from England to Montreal in the 60s and prospected for asbestos in the Yukon summers to put himself through school. He met my mother and they drove across the country to start a new life on the west coast. They weren’t artists by trade but for better or worse, they wound up with three artist sons. Maybe that’s what happens when you teach your children the lesson of take the road less traveled.

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Full of pomp and privilege, I drove my mother’s car.
I was enamoured with my every word, the way young people are
She sat there like a passenger and held a private smile
She said, the bravest thing to do is write a song that doesn’t rhyme

Went to university, that’s what my people do
I cemented my convictions and predictions of the truth
I was less concerned with substance than to learn to love in style
But the bravest thing to do is write a song that doesn’t rhyme

My father was a prospector, my mother was a rock.
They tied their wand’ring hearts together and scurried from the flock
And they sang it to my brothers’ ears, they sang it into mine
The bravest thing to do is write a song that doesn’t rhyme

I’m asking for the courage, I’m asking for the heart
I’m asking for the strength of arms to hold my world apart
I’m asking for the silence to believe without my eyes
That the bravest thing to do, the bravest thing to do
That the bravest thing to do

Is write a song that doesn’t rhyme

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from Ghostlight Sessions, released June 19, 2020

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Adrian Glynn Vancouver, British Columbia

Adrian’s 5th solo album tracks the story of his Ukrainian grandparents’ flight from their homeland in the 1940s, to settle in Montreal. Adrian is a songwriter based in Vancouver and has released more than 8 critically acclaimed albums, both solo and with his folk band, The Fugitives. He has been nominated for a JUNO Award and multiple Western Canadian Music Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards. ... more

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