Death (2023 Version)

from 16 Golden Tracks (LP) by Gold Light

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Originally from the 2019 album, Shadows in the Shallows.
Written and Recorded by JOE CHANG at Bailey Park in Black Mountain, NC Summer 2023
Mastered by NESEY GALLONS at Mouse Mountain, ME.

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You’re no stranger to my dreams
And you walk beside of me
But as a friend or foe
Oh I do not know
And when you rear your ugly head
Into the unknown I’ll be led
Oh Death tell me where will I go

For I do not foresee
What them preachers are tellin’ me
Some made up place
Or far fetched fantasy
Cus you’ll do with me as you please
No matter what I believe
So Death won’t you please be kind to me

Cus all of my life
I’ve been afraid to die
And leave all my loved ones behind
And when it comes my time
Will I see em on the other side
If there’s any such thing as the afterlife

Death take your time
Can’t we make some compromise
You go your way
And me I’ll go mine
Cus when we meet down the road
And you deliver that final blow
You know that I won’t be ready to go

But just as sure as the river flows
You’ll carry me down to the gallows
I’ll see shadows in the shallows along the way
Watch em dance across your face
As I pray there’s another place
Where there ain’t no more sorrow or pain

So Death come on stake your claim

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from 16 Golden Tracks (LP), released December 12, 2023
JOE CHANG: Piano, Vocals

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Tracking through cinematic tales of heartache, love and loss while bouncing between genres from 50’s rock and roll to post-punk to classic country, Gold Light becomes a catchall for Chang’s prismatic take on American music.

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