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The Great Empty

by Ricky Stein

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Produced by Mike Robinson. Recorded in his home studio, summer 2020.

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2525 Kings Highway at dawn
Cool morning riding in on the wind
Another day rises as the tide rolls on
But life will never feel the same again

Stories in the waves overlapping in time
Common terns hear the ocean’s roar
The breakers crash along the seawall stones
But will there still be laughter on the shore?
Will they still be laughing?

When the night falls
Over these four walls
Right or wrong won’t even matter in the end
Sign your lovesick letters “‘til we meet again”
And send ‘em home

They say the world works in mysterious ways
Windows open, windows close
But I’ve been out walking on these empty streets for days
And when the wheel stops turning no one knows
End stage theater, demagogues and violins
Damocles’s sword on a fishermans bend
Plutocrats in the box seats jeer as the matinee begins
But will they still be laughing in the end?
Will they still be laughing then?

When the night falls
Over these four walls
The revolution screens in technicolor tones
Call your weary soldiers back from the scattered stones

In the barlight
In the starlight
Hidden messages written on the wall
Sign your war-torn letters “love to one and all”
And send ‘em home

A million years from now I wonder what’ll be found
Among the plastic and the foam
Starin’ into the Great Empty settin’ in all around
Abaddon and Azrael coming home
One of these days we’re bound to come back out
Look around and see the world anew
Then maybe some changes will finally come about
But will it be enough to pull us through?
Or will they still be laughing?

When the night falls
Over these four walls
It won’t even matter who was right or wrong
Gather ‘round the ones you’ve known so long

Feel your heartbeat
Out on the quiet streets
The bars are shuttered, there’s only one place left to go
To lift your spirits and ease these worn out souls
And send ‘em home
We’re going home


Words and music by Ricky Stein
c. 2020

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released January 25, 2021
Vocals: Ricky Stein
Backing vocals: Erin Stein
Drums: Kosta Galanopoulos
Everything else: Mike Robinson

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