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Fred Eaglesmith

Frederick John Elgersma (born July 9, 1957), known by the stage name Fred Eaglesmith, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter, one of nine children raised by a farming family in rural Southern Ontario. As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. He is known for writing songs about machines or vehicles, including songs about trains, tractors, trucks, cars, and engines. Rural life, dogs, guns, drinking and farming/ranching are other common themes. Many of his songs are about failing farms and small businesses. Down and out characters dealing with loss of love or livelihood, and quirky rural folk also populate his songs. His songwriting uses many of the techniques of short story writi… more »

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Stumbling past your house baby
At the break of day
I thought I saw your silhouette
Dancin' 'cross the shade
And I went out to the mission
And I called and called your name
'Til an angel with a face like yours
Came down and let me in

I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
In a bottle in the gutter
In a window on a street
In a storefront, in a picture, on an old broken TV
I swear it was you starin' back at me

I heard soldiers' voices by the city gate
There were junkies lying on the ground
They made me look away
And I spilled you on a mirror
And I chopped you into lines
And over some old kitchen sink
I swore I'd let you die

I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
In a bottle in a gutter
In a window on a street
In a storefront, in a picture, on an old broken TV
I swear it was you starin' back at me

Old radios and broken mirrors
Dog-eared things I read
Worn out movie stars
In faded limousines
And I battle through my own charades
Of coffee cups and clowns
I can't keep up with parades
I keep falling down

I thought I saw your reflection in a cigarette machine
In a bottle in the gutter
In a window on a street
In a storefront, in a picture, on an old broken TV
I swear it was you starin' back at me
In a storefront, in a picture, on an old broken TV
I swear it was you staring back at me

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