Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to the Source label. Turin Brakes have often been compared to many of the New Acoustic Movement's bands spawned in the late 90's such as Elbow, Starsailor, I Am Kloot (who actually were a support band for Turin Brakes on their Ether Song tour) and the Norwegian band the Kings of Convenience. Their debut album "The Optimist LP" (2001) was nominated for the Mercury Prize that same year. In 2003 "Ether Song" got to #3 in the UK album charts and spawned a Top 5 single "Pain Killer". Further commercial success was not achieved.
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Balham To Brooklyn Lyrics
Turin Brakes
I'm on a plane heading to New York to see my sister
I don't really know what I'm heading for
But that's just like me, to leave my friends behind
Holding hands, at least holding hands in my eyes
And it's hard, hard
When you don't know why you're leaving
Yes and it's so so hard
But there's three thousand miles
From Balham to Brooklyn
I remember the day that she said to me
Take this magic marker and draw yourself a door
And through that door you can take yourself to a better place
A better place you've been longing for
Yeah and it's hard, hard
When you don't know why you're leaving
Yes and it's so so hard
But there's three thousand miles from Balham to Brookyn
All day, all night, you try, you try
But you don't really know where you're going
All day, all night, you try, you try
But you don't really know where you are
Oh and it's hard, hard
When you don't know why you're leaving.
Yes and it's so so hard,
But there's three thousand miles
From Balham to Brooklyn