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Gone When I Get Home

from Ancient History, Vol. 6 by tim nelson

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Recorded on a TASCAM 488 sometime between 1996 and 1998 in Rochester, NH.

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Comes crashing down around in black and white,
Repeating patterns move.
I must have brushed against the satellite
As I careened beyond the moon.

And now, reception's growing dim
As you fade away, as you fade away...
And I'm colder than I've ever been
As you fade away, as you fade away...
You'll be gone when I get home.

When the call came down they were looking for volunteers
And I was quick to raise my hand.
There wasn't much here for me anyway
With the population getting out of hand.
I met you on the launching pad.
You had come that fateful morn to wave goodbye
To the blind and dumb conqueror wannabes
Leaving to colonize the sky.

And now, reception's growing dim
As you fade away, as you fade away...
And I'm colder than I've ever been
As you fade away, as you fade away...
You'll be gone when I get home.

Oh, would you wait for me?
I should have spoken to you when I could have,
When I should have, and even though
I didn't know your tongue
I should have called to you,
I should have stayed behind, but
That would not have been too cool, for
After all, I'd volunteered and now
Each night I dream of you but
You'll be gone when I get home,
You'll be gone when I get home...

Maybe you froze yourself in foil wrap...
Perhaps the scientists have found a cure...
We're on that launching pad, it's me and you
But I wouldn't be too sure.
And if I'd seen you you standing there anyway
Before I volunteered, that day
Would not have come around because I
Would finally know just what it is I'd wanted.

And reception's growing dim
As you fade away, as you fade away...
And I'm colder than I've ever been
As you fade away, as you fade away...
You'll be gone when I get home.
You'll be gone when I get home.
You'll be gone when I get home.
You'll be gone when I get home.

(1997 Nimyonta Music)

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from Ancient History, Vol. 6, released May 3, 2021
Words, music, guitars, bass. drum machine, drums, theremin, vocals: Timothy Nelson

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tim nelson Barrington, New Hampshire

Tim Nelson is a film composer, sound designer and multi-instrumentalist session musician/producer. He has since 2007 been a frequent collaborator with award-winning filmmakers/animators the Quay Brothers.

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