The Empty Sky

from The Ghost Town by Anu

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“A portrait of the artist as a young man”, reaching the Age of Consent. Another Green World, but as a desert.

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I was out walking
Walking in the city one day
I heard the wind calling
Calling my name
Under the hot August sun
I went wandering west
With my boots and my gun
and a guitar across my chest

Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!
Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!
Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!

Under the empty sky I ride
Under the empty sky I fly
My destiny is on the other side
The other side of the empty sky

They say the streets are paved with silver
I hear there’s gold in the hills
And you can walk away with a sack full of cash
If you’ve got the guts and skills

Beneath the blue August moon
I lay me down to rest
Amidst the bleached bones and the desert dust
I dream of what comes next

Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!
Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!
Come a ti yi yippee yi yay!

Under the empty sky I ride
Under the empty sky I fly
My destiny is on the other side
The other side of the empty sky

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from The Ghost Town, released March 1, 2011

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Anu San Francisco, California

Anu has been creating music for more than three decades.

He studied electronic music at Dartmouth College, with Jon Appleton and Christian Wolff.

He is a pioneer in the Internet music industry, and one of the creators of the Rhapsody Music Service.

He created and taught "A History of 20th Century Music" at Duke University's Talent Identification Program.

Anu currently lives in San Francisco.
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