Name: Blackout
Duration: P00H04M54S
Description: this is a song about the Northeast Blackout of 2003 I was living in Brooklyn at the time, it was a very beautiful moment where people really took care of one another.

Blackout

from C-Sides by Chris Garneau

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this is a song about the Northeast Blackout of 2003 I was living in Brooklyn at the time, it was a very beautiful moment where people really took care of one another.

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BLACKOUT
written by Chris Garneau

i was kidding
about the mean things.
while we were sleeping
heat rushed in, heat rushed in
the fan stopped, the fan stopped
oh oh oh oh!

flashlights in delis
drinking on the street,
all the lights are out
in new york city

and it never ever will be
too damn late
to run inside
the marketplace.

i'll be quiet then
and you do all of the talking.
when we're walking
thoughts rush in, thoughts rush in
the heart stops, the heart stops
oh oh oh oh!

flashlights in delis,
drinking on the street,
all the lights are out
in new york city

and it never ever will be
too damn late
to run inside the marketplace.

i sit by the window
and i watch all of the little
raindrops, raindrops,
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh!

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from C-Sides, released June 10, 2020
Blackout
by Chris Garneau

Chris Garneau: keyboards, piano, wurlitzer, vocals, harmonium
Jenny Owen Youngs: backing vocals
Saul Simon MacWilliams: upright bass
Ben Kalb: cello

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Chris Garneau New York, New York

Chris Garneau released "Out of Love" EP in December 2023. His last full-length album, 'The Kind', was released in January 2021. His earlier albums include Music for Tourists LP, C-Sides EP, El Radio LP, Winter Games LP, and Yours LP. He has toured extensively throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, China, Japan and South Korea. Garneau lives in New York. ... more

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