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Vitamin D (live at Graffiti's)

from The Rehearsal Tapes: fall 2017 by Erik Bleich

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Recorded live at Graffiti's in the final months of the band's Third Thursdays residency.

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Oom’pa loom’pa, oom’pa m’pa
Oom’pa loom, baba loom pa m’pa…

You want this more than ever, but you could never sever
The rational parts of your mind
With the irrational parts of your mind
Thinking you’re oh so clever
You say it’s now or never
But believe me when I say
There ain’t no other way
And it’s the only time today
It’s the only game they’ll play
And there’s no no no escape
No “I know” no, no, I know
And the kids
The kids don’t know how high I swing…

And when the snow falls
And everything appears to move slow
And when the snow hits the ground
I can’t help but frown

Oh it’s a lack of vitamin D
Like a seasonal allergy
My disposition falling with the leaves
You can’t conceive if you’ve never been dealt it
But - oh - take it from me
In the winter I don’t see
The sun don’t come around
No little ra pa pa pa
I’m on to you
Ra pa pa pa
Amon to you
Ra pa pa pa
I’m on
I’m on to you

So papa papa don’t you listen
Self-righteous man spouting out his superstition

You know too well
I can tell
But mama mama don’t you listen
To another amateur diagnostysician
You know too well
Even if you can’t see it now…

And when the snow falls
And everything appears to move
Like it was shot in slow-mo
And when the snow falls lightly
Everyone, despite me
Falling down on their knees
Begging you
Please come home...

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from The Rehearsal Tapes: fall 2017, released September 21, 2017
(E. Bleich)

Guitar/vocals: Erik Bleich
Accordion/trumpet: Tristan Murphy
Violin: Cassie Norton

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Erik Bleich Toronto, Ontario

Seeking to find a place between what can sometimes feel like opposing worlds, singer/songwriter Erik Bleich creates street-lit lullabies & manic, rambling romps that wander the side streets between rural isolation and metropolitan congestion.

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