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In Montreal

from Velvet Dream 13 by Steve Ison

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This was a song written for a "Collaboration" competition in 2016 at a songwriters site i frequent called "Muse Songwriters"..As a musician i was paired with lyricist Alistair Sutherland by the person who created the comp & wrote the tune to his words -after a lot of back & forth as i got more melodic ideas he added more lyrics..One of the quirky competition stipulations was that no straight major/minor chords should be used..I followed that for the main part of the song (mainly 7ths) but ignored it for the "taste of cold, cold ashes" part which definitely needed straight major chords..In the end no one there actually noticed anyway though

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I'm touching down in Montreal
Montreal is not my destination
I’m looking for some peace of mind
A little love, a little recreation
A little love, a little recreation

A little recreation

Part business - part pleasure
I'm looking for whatever I can find
but nothing lasts forever
& there is always something left behind
There is always something left behind

Life is so unkind

A taste of cold, cold ashes on my tongue
My place is in the sun
Not chasing after shadows
This race is run, let’s find a place for fun
Take care of number one
And face up to what matters
What really matters

Longing for liaison
Ready for romance
I hope you understand
There is always something left behind
There is always something left behind
But I always keep an open mind

I'm the hoping kind

And Montreal is waiting for me
After all those places I’ve been
Montreal’s been waiting all this time
I may be late but that's all right
‘Cause I believe
She is waiting
And I just need to meet her yeah–yeah – yeah

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from Velvet Dream 13, released April 14, 2020
Music Steve Ison/Lyrics Alistair Sutherland

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Steve Ison Birmingham, UK

Solo bedroom songwriter forever chasing the dream of the magical transcendent pop song.Also lead singer and guitarist in quirky multi-harmonising progressive popsters THE STRANGEST FEELING....Is guitarist and sings BVs in new wave/classic pop band ADHD
Finally plays guitar & sings BVs in strange dreampop band MELLOW VIBE
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