Burlington 5C3 [Draft 2] (Patreon)

EDIT: Fixed some mastering issues in the latter half and removed a pitch-up that I didn't like in the beginning. I think it's done! 😄

It is the best poem I've ever written, but is this good enough to ship?

_Burlington, you’ve let me down (me down)A vagrant in my hometownSun up and beautiful sundownAcross the lake—(Across the lake) a gorgeous frown (frown)And sun sets on autumn treesAnd water glows with auburn breeze

Beneath the misty morning glowHere lies a town I used to know

With brickened flats and salty catsA perfect way, the eyes of mourning andBid adieu, the yearning calling forThe speckled memory of aPlace I used to see

Lovely girls’ summer dressesBrown hair lasses, laced up prettyFlash her teeth and give meWitty, sweet remarks ‘bout howI rose and fell—

Back and forth, I look aroundBurlington, you’ve let me downA vagrant in my own hometownSun up and beautiful sundown

Across the lake a gorgeous frownAnd sun sets on autumn treesAnd water glows with auburn breeze

Moon abound the furthest sounds (the furthest sounds)Of paths on bikes and paths on ice (paths on ice...)A northern jewel lost aboutThe flatland’s pockets, do withoutMy old and dead (old and dead)The place I wish to rest my headShould she come back, old decrepit (old decrepit...)Quiet howls, a night so fetid (fetid...)

Born again, afar from meBurlington, she used to beBurlington, come back to me

(Burlington, come back to me)(She used to be, to be)(Burlington, come back to me)

Nevermore, I look aroundBurlington, you’ve let me downI can't afford a home right nowI miss the sun, both up and downAcross the lake my gorgeous townThe sun will set, on autumn leavesWhere water glows, we all must leaf

Beneath the tree of my first kissWho would have thought I would have missed?

The brickened flats and mountain catsMy perfect city, I'm in mourningNever could I bid adieu to youAll my memories back to you

Me, in summer dressesBlack haired girl, looks her bestestFlashed my teeth, a pretty smileBut couldn't you have stayed awhile?When I come back, you look the sameBut the mall is gone and my school, the sameOf paths on bikes and paths on iceAre all too long and bright at night

Me, in summer dressesBlack haired girl, looks her bestestFlashed my teeth, a pretty smileBut couldn't you have stayed awhile?When I come back, you look the sameBut the mall is gone and my school, the sameOf paths on bikes and paths on iceAre all too long and bright at night

(Bright at night)(Bright at night)(Bright at night)(Bright at night)

Bright at night, I look aroundBurlington, you’ve let me downI'll never live in my hometownSun-up and sun-up and sun-up and sundownBeside the lake I see my frownAnd sun will set on autumn treesYour water glows with memories

You lost the way, I used to seeWhen I am oldOld and deadAnd I long to rest my weary, weary, weary headShould you come back, where we can beJust a girl and her cityBurlington, afar from meBurlington; she used to beBurlington, come back to me