Name: Long Steady Decline
Duration: P00H03M14S
Description: this was the first track off Distance and Fortune that i recorded. Marc had invited me to the studio just to hang and the band wasn't in town yet. After i finished the song i said "what else should we add? it's just me and a guitar" Marc said "thats all this one needs." nobody had ever said that to me before, i knew i was in the right place

Long Steady Decline

from Distance and Fortune by Jonny Burke

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this was the first track off Distance and Fortune that i recorded. Marc had invited me to the studio just to hang and the band wasn't in town yet. After i finished the song i said "what else should we add? it's just me and a guitar" Marc said "thats all this one needs." nobody had ever said that to me before, i knew i was in the right place

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Jonny Burke (Dedpan Music, BMI)

pulled into atlanticsburg city last night
with a bad case of strip mall i kicked off the snow
the drywall felt good on the soles of my boots
made it that much harder to leave

chorus
in this long slow steady decline
you show me yours and i'll show you mine
we'll leave brother death and take father time
in this long steady decline

i walked through that city with a dark haired lady
who'd hips like a lampshade and eyes to the throne
she talked of her sister, no longer her sister
she talked of a boyfriend that she'd never liked
she said it's hard to respect someone that accommodating
a woman like that will make you question your faith

chorus

may you find patience enough to endure
and stay simple enough to believe
in all that is hardest to see from the bottom
but is stained all over your coattails

chorus x 2

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from Distance and Fortune, released February 22, 2011

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