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The Keep was released on October 17, 1995 (See Playlist info for liner notes comments)

AUDIO ONLY. Happy Rhodes - The Keep - 01 - "Temporary and Eternal" (acoustic) (1995)

Lyrics:

Temporary and Eternal (5:33)
Echoes Living Room Concert series, Spring 1995
Original version on Equipoise (also on RhodeSongs, both 1993)

He is broken, far from free
Words were spoken, 'tween him and me
"I had friends, yes, I was admired
I'm so old now, feel so tired"

Well he walks to the gate and he looks behind
at life in rewind
And wishes he had known these things
while still alive

He can see reason in everything
"Where do I go to get my wings"

Going to fly

She sees faces in her home
Wonders why they (don't) leave her alone
"You must know child, I am all here
They think I'm failing, senile, I fear"

Well she walks to the gate and she looks behind
at life in rewind
And wishes she had known these things
while still alive

"I can see the purpose now and all I've learned
All the roads and where they've turned
I can see, I can see everything, the total truth
I'm ready for another youth"

Going to fly


©1993 by Happy Rhodes, Published by Hovering Slab Music BMI
Music, lyrics - Happy Rhodes
See credits for additional info
ecto.org/lyrics/keep/keep_credits.html

* Originally written and recorded for Equipoise (AGCD0019), this version was arranged and performed exclusively for the Echoes Living Room Concert Series in the spring of 1995. Also known as "The Spacier, The Better" sessions.

* Happy Rhodes - vox, nylon guitar
* Kevin Bartlett - electric guitar, loops
* Carl Adami - bass, devices