Don't Let the Sun Rise on You Here

from One Word Away by Martin Saint

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Inspired by the Sydney Lumet movie "The Fugitive Kind" starring Marlon Brando. Applicable to any place where you feel a sense of foreboding as a stranger in town.

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SIDE B

DON'T LET THE SUN RISE ON YOU HERE

Don't let the sun rise on you here,
If you do, if you do...

Cross the rusty bridge,
Past the skeletons of steel
Graffitied red brick walls, by the docks and the pool halls
Step out and touch ground, near the square in the old town

Meet the ones who'll never leave
Meet looks filled with envy
You're strutting down their streets, looking way too carefree
Watch out for what lurks under each look of desire

Don't let the sun rise on you here,
Don't let the sun rise on your last beer,
No matter, no matter if there's a devil or a god you fear

You dropped from outer space
And never learned your place
There's a strange silence, smiles and stares are stiff and tense
As she lets you feel her thighs, see yourself through their evil eye
Frog-marched, head bowed low past the faces at the windows

Don't let the sun rise on you here,
Don't let it find you still here
Hit the road, hit it long before the morning mist clears

Better let this place fade, fade away at your back
Like a tiny dot on a map
If you don't, if you don't,
If you don't, if you don't...

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from One Word Away, released January 21, 2020
Co-written with Lewis Handford on drums.

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Martin Saint Montreal, Québec

Martin Saint is the lead-singer and second guitar player with Montreal's indie-rock quartet The Ember Glows. In the meantime he pursues several other music ventures, including this solo project under his own name.
Echoes of Nick Cave, The Doors, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie infuse his solo output, with special emphasis on lyrics and atmosphere. ... more

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