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Let's Trade Skins (Live at the Redeemer, 4​/​14​/​2007)

from Live At The Redeemer 2007 by Great Lake Swimmers

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Recorded live at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto, Ontario, April 14, 2007. From the album 'Bodies And Minds' (2005).

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But my heart is with you, and its many dark corners
And its rings of smoke, and its lighted hallways
And I wished you could know all the ghosts in my bones
They are weeping, they are screaming, they are inside my body

O let’s trade skins, I’m rippling in the skin that I’m in
You could wear my shoes, I could have your hair
And think that it was fair
I’m rippling in the skin that I’m in

I’m gonna build you, I’m gonna heal you
I can feel every part of you that holds it together
And you always looked so happy when you were sleeping
Sleeping’s the only way sometimes to live in a perfect world

It’s party time, but quiet and sublime
Tonight there’s a party, a party of one
Like a wisp of smoke, solitary and thin
The heat’s coming off the fires we built

Stars were meant to shoot, and waves were meant to crash
I’m hypnotized by the flicker and saddened by the ash
And it’s complicated with desires and dreams
With stitches and battle scars, pulling apart at the seams

O let’s trade skins
I’m rippling in the skin that I’m in
You could wear my shoes
I could have your hair
And think that it was fair
I’m rippling in the skin that I’m in

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from Live At The Redeemer 2007, released May 7, 2021
Tony Dekker: vocals, guitar
Erik Arnesen: banjo
Colin Huebert: drums
Mike Overton: bass
Bob Egan: pedal steel

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Great Lake Swimmers Toronto, Ontario

Tony Dekker’s music spans two decades as the lead singer and songwriter of Great Lake Swimmers. Over eight albums, multiple EPs, live shows and reissues, the Toronto-based group with a revolving cast of players has established itself as a beloved indie folk act in their native Canada and beyond. Great Lake Swimmers was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize and nominated twice for the Juno Awards. ... more

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