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can't say that you're lonely

by windows to sky

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This song was recorded for the sexy queer indie movie "Beautiful Something". We made a video, too, a version of which is on the DVD of the movie, and a different one on youtube. I thought an old sentimental song should be playing in the bar that one of our characters walks into, so I recorded it with an ear toward a more 1961-ish vintage sound.

Like in "Beautiful Something", the narrator is in a mood, and their judgment is questionably reliable.

lyrics

There's a light in the window
Of the house on the corner
I pass every day
See myself in it, on my way

I wonder, to whoever (sic)
Your house is my mirror
Are you sad as can be
Have you everything but me?

We'll never let on
Can't say that you're lonely
And everybody goes,
As everybody knows

In winter, it gets darker
Take a walk by the water
The light shines on,
Though all of the love is gone

They don't want you, and they'll haunt you
You're restless, defenseless
But your dreams have come true
Now, nobody pities you

You'll never let on
Can't say that you're lonely
And everybody goes,
As everybody knows

One day, I'll be richer
There'll be champagne, there'll be glitter
And a house on a corner
Like you

I'll be fearless, I'll be bold,
I'll be ninety years old,
With a light in my window too

Can't say that you're lonely
So weak, to be lonely

Everybody,
everybody knows

credits

released May 5, 2016
Joseph of Windows to Sky - vocals, guitars, bass, glockenspiel
Wicked Violin - violins and vocals
Bennett Cousins and Justine Woodford - more vocals
Bonnie Gordon - Piano
rY. - Brass
with
Terence Ervan, drums
Viktor Moore, saxophone

produced by Joseph

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Three-part harmony, layers of guitars, flugelhorn, violin, glockenspiel, the crispness of modern digital editing and the scratch of an old 78.

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