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City and Colour
The Hurry and the Harm
The Lonely Life

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City and Colour

The Lonely Life

Release date: 3rd June 2013

From The Hurry and the HarmTrack 44:34

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"The Lonely Life" is a single by City and Colour, from the album The Hurry and the Harm, released 3rd June 2013. The track is 4:34 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about City and Colour.

About the Artist

City and Colour

City and Colour

Lyrics

The Lonely Life

What if I did not love you?
Where would that leave me
Would I wonder through the avenues
Under a pall of misery
Would I be face down in the gutter
With cheap whiskey on my breath
The lonely life of a writer
Whose words could not pay his debts
Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy
What if we became strangers?
Would you notice my face in a crowd?
And could you hear the sorrow in my voice?
Helplessly crying your name out loud
Would I be searching for a savior?
Burned and burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
Only if one last desperate request
Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy
I've been on the lam
Being hunted, somethin' fierce
They say time and tide, it waits for no man
But I was just hopin'
These storm filled skies would clear
Please don't, please don't pass me by
(Please don't, please don't pass me by)
Please don't, please don't pass me by
(Please don't, please don't pass me by)
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy

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Track details

From The Hurry and the Harm

4:342013Single

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Album

The Hurry and the Harm

City and Colour

Track number

4

Release year

2013

1The Hurry and the Harm
4:23
2Harder Than Stone
4:26
3Of Space and Time
3:33
4The Lonely Life
4:34

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City and Colour — In the Water I Am Beautiful (from Sometimes Lullaby) [3:21]
City and Colour — Sometimes (I Wish) (from Sometimes Lullaby) [5:54]
City and Colour — …Off By Heart (from Sometimes Lullaby) [2:39]
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City and Colour — F****d It Up (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [3:59]
City and Colour — Hard, Hard Time (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [4:16]
City and Colour — Bow Down to Love (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [6:10]
City and Colour — The Love Still Held Me Near (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [5:23]
City and Colour — Begin Again (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [3:32]
City and Colour — After Disaster (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [5:25]
City and Colour — Things We Choose to Care About (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [4:37]
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City and Colour — The Water is Coming (from The Love Still Held Me Near) [6:02]
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City and Colour — Against the grain - the myspace transmissions
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City and Colour — Comin' Home (Alt. Performance)
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City and Colour — Constant knot - quiet demo
City and Colour — Save Your Scissors (Alt. Performance)
City and Colour — Waiting... - demo
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City and Colour — Boiled Frogs (Alexisonfire Cover) - Live @ The Verge
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City and Colour — Cowgirl In The Sand
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City and Colour — How Come Your Arms Are Not Around Me
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City and Colour — Paradise (from The Hurry and the Harm) [3:38]
City and Colour — Of Space and Time (from The Hurry and the Harm) [3:33]
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