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Pearls of Light

from A Bit of Change by Edward St Moritz

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There is still a trestle of a spur line of the CP rail crossing the Cataraqui River just north of the Bath Road in Kingston. I could see the CN passenger train further north slow down to the station, coach lights threading below the low neck of the dark limestone hills beyond.

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Pearls of light

A boy looked through the window On a cold November night
Wind fingering through a broken pane
In shadows of the far hills Glowing pearls of light
The 9:15 to Kingston once again

Can you hear him dream? Can you hear him sing?
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train
I don’t care where it takes me I don’t know what I’ll bring
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train

There’s a parking lot and burgers Where the old house used to be
so much smaller than I remember
a spur line and a trestle A larger maple tree
But pearls of light still roll on in November

Can you hear me dream? Can you hear me sing?
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train
I don’t care where it takes me I don’t know what I’ll bring
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train

I look from my apartment almost Christmas eve
Pearls of light through the window trees
A muddle of middle-aged men In a laundromat of dreams
Smoke despair as yellow fingers freeze

Can you hear them dream? Can you hear them sing?
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train
I don’t care where it takes me I don’t know what I’ll bring
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride on that train
I don’t care where it takes me I’ll never know what I’ll bring
I wanna ride on that train I wanna ride….

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from A Bit of Change, released April 30, 2020

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Edward St Moritz Barrie, Ontario

Ed lives in Collingwood Ontario.

He and Don Bray produced his first CD of original songs Small Things Shining Bright and has just completed a second project A Bit of Change with Ray Dillard.

Why a darkside navigator?
“I am responsible for the directions I take in those gray territories. I do go into depression, but I also know how to sail through it. My songs are the maps of experience there.” ... more

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