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featuring Matthew James Scott, ukulele (Part I)
and Selling Fairfax by the Pound (Part II)
Selling Fairfax by the Pound is:
Jim Clark: drums
Chris Seybolt: voice, Part II lyrics
Mark Sylvester: lead guitar
Bill Whitney: keyboards
Jason Mendelson: bass, bass pedals, 12-string, rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing voice

lyrics

Looking out my window to the blue sky up above
unprepared for what I might find here
the last step in a written story meant to give a voice
to those who have been truly locked away

Denise was here but now she’s gone
she left her name to carry on
and how I wish she were still here with me

I wish that I was sailing down that river far away
I’ve been here for way too long, why do I have to stay?
medication morning noon and night with thorazine
doesn’t help you sleep when all your neighbors do is scream oh, oh

history inside these walls, Dorothea Dix
moral treatment, psycotherapy to heal the sick
many stories through these halls as Karlyn came to learn
too many to hear from just 5 days inside that world

You don’t have to be crazy to work here but it helps
reads the poster on the office wall

I wish that I was sailing down that river far away
I’ve been here for way too long, why do I have to stay?
medication morning noon and night with thorazine
doesn’t help you sleep when all your neighbors do is scream oh, oh

Part II: Last shot at redemption
Last hope of reflection
One little exception
Numb to the dimension
I wish I was sailing (on a river far away)

credits

from MetroSongs, Volume 7: Connections, released March 18, 2017
Part I:
Matthew James Scott, ukulele

Part II:
Selling Fairfax by the Pound are:
Jim Clark: drums
Chris Seybolt: voice, Part II lyrics
Mark Sylvester: lead guitar
Bill Whitney: keyboards
Jason Mendelson: bass, bass pedals, 12-string, rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing voice

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Jason Mendelson Washington, D.C.

Multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Jason Mendelson of Alexandria, Virginia created MetroSongs in 2010 with the goal of writing and recording a unique original song for each of the DC area's 91 Metro station locations, based on local history and character. The project was completed in April 2017 with Volumes 7 & 8. ... more

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