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Burton Street

by Mark O'Keefe

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Burton Street is a kaleidoscope of growing up in a small San Fernando Valley neighborhood in the 1960s. Burton Street reminds of the importance of keeping your years of innocence close to your heart no matter how far away they may seem.

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In another decade
In a Jetson space age
A time when things were still all right
By cathode ray's electric light
I lived for my school friends and
Dolly Ann the Monster Man
Came when you drank from the center fountain
In The Valley, amazed at the mountains
Lived each day by whim
Ford Econoline jungle gym
Jacket wings on a junker stingray
Santa Ana propulsion speedway

In that other decade
On fresh cut grass we laid
Lived for the days, scared of the nighttime
Drank our milk to called colored lights
We ran on top of fences
Daring the dogs from whence they came
Tearing down strings of Christmas lights
Laugh as we ran, broken bulbs in t-shirts
St. Genevieve Carnivals
31 Flavors and fireflies
Peacock calls 'bove rooftop gables
Sheriff John and Aesop Fables
(whistle me home - the streetlights have come on...)

Bring me inside
Where it's warm
Bring me inside
Help me feel at home - tonight
On Burton Street

If I could turn back the time
Sipping sodas on the beach
I would turn back the time

If I could turn back the time
Your pleated skirt and bobby sox
I would turn back the time

If I could turn back the time
If only just for a moment
I would turn back the time

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released April 1, 2012
Lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards - Mark O'Keefe
Backing vocals, percussion, arrangements - Gary Schwartz
Lyrics and music - Mark O'Keefe
Production, engineering, cover artwork - Mark O'Keefe

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Mark O'Keefe Ventura, California

Mark collaborates with Gary Schwartz - former drummer of "The United States of Existence" and "The Jigsaw Seen".
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