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The Building Cross From Mine

from The Benny O Flow Show by Benny Oyama

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It seems like life plays out like a strange chaotic dream and then all of the sudden I'm moving somewhere else. Sound familiar?

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I looked at the building 'cross from mine
Wondered how I'd feel to be inside
Tho I'm never happy where I be
Maybe this one time
If I can cross that street

Signals from the windows call to me
Grimy, gritty city paints their eves
Looking from within them I can see
Nothing's really changed
I'm still here with me

Why you wanna blow this way and that-a-way?
You're sitting all alone in each cafe, you know.
You stumble through the park and chase them all away
Moving out and in, moving outward inwardly

There's a lot for me here in this town
Pretty girls and music all year 'round
But how it's taking shape now
Everything I am
All I ever want to be, finally
Now I'm surrounded by the image of another
Here behind the ancient walls
Of the building that I saw
When I saw the need to settle down

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from The Benny O Flow Show, released January 15, 2012
Photo: Guillermo Palacio-Ortiz

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Benny Oyama Brooklyn, New York

Benny Oyama is a multicultural Japanese and Jewish singer-songwriter born and raised in New York City. The poetry and harmony of Benny Oyama’s intimate music has been likened to Nick Drake, Caetano Veloso and Simon and Garfunkel. Benny sings with a surprising multitude of voices, carried by subtle and complex guitar work firmly rooted in Brazilian and American Folk traditions. ... more

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