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a cab pulls up to trader vic's

from western roll (1996) by Phil Smith & Corsage

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a cab pulls up to trader vic’s

a cab pulls up to trader vic’s
midnight summer air
just after the nine o’clock gun
the air is moist now
just like ‘50’s air
groovin’
too perfect a night
the architecture smiles
wooden cross-beams
and high open spaces
like The Cave
stalagmites
and stagaglites
molded fibreglass caves
raise a drink held high, boys
tonight’s the night we fly
into the lost big city

wind it back
thirty years ago
and you get some idea
of what we had
and what we lost
oh well
fair game
fair gain
that innocence
won’t come again.

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from western roll (1996), released June 1, 1996
Phil Smith - vocals

Written by P.Smith

Recorded at CBC Studios, Vancouver for "Nightlines with David Wisdom"

Engineered by Gary Heald Produced by Tod Elvidge

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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia

Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more

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