Water Street

from Rough Time Demos by Jesse LeBourdais

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6th and final track from Rough Time Demos.

When I first moved to Vancouver, I worked in Gastown. A lot has changed in the last 15 years, but a lot has stayed the same. A lot of new people in town have some less than compassionate views on the residents of the DTES, but few remember how rough it was before InSite opened up. So as the City kicks more people out of their homes and then simultaneously wonders why the homeless population has grown so dramatically, it important to remember to keep your humanity close at hand. After all, this is our home.

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WATER STREET

Eastbound walking on Water St. On the shady side, dodging crowds. Reliving old memories and paths I took so many years ago, every single day. Caught myself looking in a window pane, but it didn’t feel the same, the face had changed. I’d spent so many nights alone pretending to be happy until it tore me down to what remained.

But it’s not like it was a difficult choice; I knew which way that this would go.
We all hold on to things that we know will never be, but it was time for me to cut that fucking rope.

Spent my last dollar on a broken dream, it was a train ride home, they are both the same.
Overheard somebody say in their sincerity, they think that it is the worst they’ve ever seen.
But I don’t think they saw it like it was before because they don’t see it now, and they weren’t around.
Ended the night just like I did before, with a train ride home, in the pouring rain.

But it’s not like it’s a difficult choice, we knew which was the wind would blow.
We all hold on to things that we know will never be, but it’s time for me to cut that fucking rope,
because I can’t stay here waiting around for hope.

When I came to this town, I would wander the streets and darken the doorways where the drinks were still cheap. Now all those alleyways they still look the same, there’s just something within that no longer remains but it was foolish to think that it would stay.

But it’s still not a difficult choice. I’m gonna stay until they tell me to leave. Because it’s worth holding on to things that you know will never be. But there is still time to cut that fucking rope. So I’ll just be here waiting around for hope.

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from Rough Time Demos, released January 4, 2022
Guitar, Piano, Vocals - Jesse LeBourdais

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Jesse LeBourdais Vancouver, British Columbia

Punk rocker/folk singer, now an author, apparently.

Breaking strings and writing words since 1998.

New Single "We Howl" out March 1st, 2024

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