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The Third Verse of My Life

from The Third Verse of My Life by Patrick Burke

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1. The Third Verse of My Life 09:05

2. Rant ('til the last breath) 08:41
For this song I did a type of singing I'd never done before. It's a political protest piece but I didn't want to weigh it down with lyrics based on the usual contemporary rhetoric.

Instead I just vocalized sounds with as much emphasis on raw emotion as I could possibly muster.

3. Age of Steel 01:42
Inspired by the story of the linking of the first continental railway in the United States.

The actual photograph of the event shows the celebration of the moment the two lines were joined together and features the workers themselves en masse posing for the camera.

A painting later released of the same moment features several hundred well-dressed men with hardly a Chinese or Irish workman
in sight.

lyrics:

Vanderbilt the New York Line
Pullman cars that wine and dine
Age of steel The golden spike
The Chinese and the Irish fight
The tracks are joined
By those who did it
While politicians claim the credit

4. Sympathy Card 02:19

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from The Third Verse of My Life, released January 17, 2022

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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon

"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."

Jennifer Priest Mitchell, The Times
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