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Ruined Canoe is an ode to healing.

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Ruined Canoe:

I’ve been thinking about when you taught me how to paddle
I’ve been thinking about heading down that stream
I’ve been thinking about how it’s an uphill battle
I’ve been thinking about opening that seam

It will be me
It will be you
We will be free
In my ruined canoe

There’s so many ways they tell us we are different
There’s so many ways that we are just the same
There’s so many lies packed inside that shipment
There’s so many eyes that watched you as you came


We feel our suffering
We feel our glee
There is such thing as buffering
There’s no such thing as purity


On the lake
Water’s still
You reach out
I reach out

It will be me
It will be you
We will be free
In my ruined canoe

credits

from It Was a Privilege to Know You When You Were Shorter, released October 23, 2020
Music and lyrics: Jonathan Townley
Sound engineer: Neil Harvey

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Jonathan Townley Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jonathan is a journalist and songwriter.He blends storytelling and gentle acoustic guitar with a casual performance style. Check out his Instagram @jonathan.townley for more music updates.

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