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Cairo Blues

from North Americana by Leif Vollebekk

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-- Lyrics --

Cairo, Cairo
Cairo is my, my baby's home
See, women in Cairo, women in Cairo
Sure don't dance, they don’t dance alone

Should have never lent you my 45, I guess my lesson is not to lend
There's a big needle going over the line, and for a time you have a friend
But stone-cold silence in the room means the record is at its end 
You're turning it over so many times, it's never going back into its sleeve again
Yeah, there's two sides to every story but it seems like you've got ten
When I get no letters, it's the Cairo blues you send

Cairo, Cairo
Cairo is my, my baby's home
See, women in Cairo, women in Cairo
Sure don't dance, they don’t dance alone

Now, I know that every time you get lonesome you go and fill yourself to the brink
Find yourself a man in a suit and tie introducing you to what he drinks
He's answering your questions funny now so you'll wonder how he thinks
He sees his reflection in your skin, you're gonna see yours in a hotel sink
Staring back, the Cairo blues it never blinks

Cairo, Cairo
Cairo is my, my baby's home
See, women in Cairo, women in Cairo
Sure don't dance, they don’t dance alone

Now, I’m looking at those thin winter trees and they’re looking like railings for the sky
I've got my bare hands in my coat pockets and it's so cold that I could cry
When I see that forest falling, all I hear is firewood 
And it’s crackling louder than that record ever could
But it don’t drown out those Cairo blues for good

Cairo, Cairo
Cairo is my, my baby's home
See, women in Cairo, women in Cairo
They don’t dance alone

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from North Americana, released February 19, 2013

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Leif Vollebekk Montreal, Québec

Some artists go on feeling like secrets long after they've started being told. Leif Vollebekk is one of these treasures. Born in Ottawa in 1985, he taught himself music using instruments inherited from his grandfather: harmonica, guitar, piano, an old fiddle. Leif has release 3 albums so far : Inland, North Americana and Twin Solitude. ... more

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