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Don't Be Gone Too Long

from Sitting Tight by Leona Burkey

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This song is a jam (and a nod to the vulnerability and fear that walks hand in hand with love and freaks us right out sometimes).

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Don't Be Gone Too Long

Sometimes it’s hard to fill the space you leave
The morning sun she tries
And spills her light all over me
Shining on the dust of dark, dark dreams
Floating bits of doubt in the new day air I breathe

Shatter goes the beautiful myth
Where I believe I’m the one you need to be with
Scatter goes the last of my girlhood
Could it be that I’ve somehow misunderstood

If you gotta go then don’t be gone too long
I know you gotta go but don’t be gone too long
I feel like you don’t know I need you to make me strong
So if you gotta go then don’t be gone too long

Have I given you enough to take when you leave
Time and love and trust you say yes
And I wanna believe
But I can feel the earth move beneath my feet
If it all comes down it’ll be the end of me

Shatter goes the beautiful myth
Where I believe I’m the one you need to be with
Scatter goes the last of my girlhood
Could it be that I’ve somehow misunderstood

If you gotta go then don’t be gone too long
I know you gotta go but don’t be gone too long
I feel like you don’t know I need you to make me strong
So if you gotta go then don’t be gone too long
If you gotta go then don’t be gone too long

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from Sitting Tight, track released November 21, 2020
Produced by A.J.H. Gillis. Musicians: backing vocals A.J.H. Gillis & Scott Trivers, Phil Sedore on electric guitar & keys, Jordan Murphy on drums, Tom Rich on bass, Leona Burkey acoustic guitar.

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Leona Burkey Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Contemporary roots singer-songwriter with a singular voice and a melody-loving folk-rock guitar attack. Known for off-the- cuff live shows in the Cape Breton troubadour style, shored up by a deep body of work that traces the meandering path of a slow-burn songwriter hitting her stride. Her latest & third full length studio album “GROUNDRUSH” released here in Nov/2022 is available everywhere. ... more

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