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Traveling Man by jmogielnicki@wes [Email]

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Last Played: Sep 08, 2008 - 05:32:19 PM
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Uploaded: Nov 23, 2005 - 03:08:07 PM
Last Updated: Nov 27, 2005 - 04:39:49 PM
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A collaboration with friend Jono Newton, written while I was traveling in Spain more than 3 years ago now. We´ve had the acoustic part and voice recorded since december ´04 and I´ve been wanting to add something to it, so I played around with the garageband strings and found something that I think fits pretty well.

Lyrics:
A man sits on a red-tiled rooftop
and watches the landscape and thinks to himself
"I hear the streets speaking and the hills reply
but I still don´t know myself"

"I´ve traveled so far in many directions
and now I feel as though I´m miles from home
Each day there are new faces and I hear many names
But I can still feel so alone"

Chorus
The breeze that touches his hair
Blows through the doorways and the love affairs
While he stays he´ll take what he can
But soon he´ll be gone, a traveling man

From his view on the rooftop the valley below him
Stretches out straight to the sea
Evening leans on a small spanish town
The sunlight slowly recedes

Darkness decending
The end of a day
and the feeling of restless rising inside
what did he think he would find

Chorus
The breeze that touches his hair
Blows past the barstools and abandoned cares
While the city sleeps he´ll take what he can
but soon he´ll be gone,
a traveling man

The man pauses and looks down below
where the city lights shine so long
he descends to the valley
and boards the night train
and moves on

Chorus
The breeze that touches his hair
Blows past the churches and the foreign prayers
Gospel music rings through the air and he´s gone
Traveling man
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Lovely acoustic number &mdash 11/23/05 - 05:57:50 PM
I really like this...great guitar work, great vocal harmonies, nice subtle
orchestration. A lovely song. Very enjoyable indeed
Steve

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It surprises me &mdash 11/24/05 - 11:09:14 AM
how a song with such high quality can be virtually ignored. This is a very
nice song. Humble in a sense.

The song would be wonderfully expressive without the strings. But they
are a very nice touch! Beautiful song!

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Great! &mdash 11/24/05 - 11:22:46 AM
Funny (or maybe it's sad...) how some songs can slip through the masses
of listeners...
I'm glad I caught this (thanks to aclarke).
Beautiful melodies and excellent performances, guitar and vocal-wise.
Fav'ed and DL'ed!
Great job!

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So nice! &mdash 11/25/05 - 06:44:40 AM
Superb guitar playing, tasteful use of synth strings to add a layer of
sweetness, and very pleasant harmonies. Wonderful track. I am going to
check out the rest of your catalog now....

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Playing. &mdash 11/25/05 - 04:19:54 PM
Love the guitar playing on this song. Great clear sound, and married with
the vocals and the (nicely subtle) strings, it makes for a sweet vibe. Good
job.

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Great Work &mdash 11/26/05 - 04:42:48 PM
How refreshing, a song at last. I thought we forgot about storytelling all together until I heard this. Nice work... I look forward to hearing your other titles

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Very nice &mdash 11/27/05 - 01:34:29 AM
I like it so much.
Great guitar work and nice vocals.
Bravo

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Brilliant &mdash 11/28/05 - 01:05:49 PM
A great song well played and really well taped.

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Moving &mdash 11/29/05 - 12:26:48 PM
This sounds like the best of The Beatles and James Taylor. Fortunately,
it's completely original. The addition of the synth/string part way in was
very pleasant.

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Fantastic! &mdash 06/28/06 - 08:18:58 AM
I love the vocals!

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