Houston (Official Lyric Video)

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George Collins Band – Houston (Official Lyric Video)

Official Lyric Video for a single from the album, “New Ways of Getting Old.”

Written by George Edward Collins (BMI), Kelsey Grant (SOCAN) and Peter Bonne (SABAM). Published by George Collins Music (BMI), Kelsey Grant (SOCAN) and CHAYELL BV (SABAM). Lyric video provided courtesy of George Collins Records.

Track produced and arranged by Jeff Franzel. Lead vocals recorded by Derek Saxenmeyer at ENEM Recordings. Mixed and mastered by Nick Sagar at 3507 Studio Recording. Piano: Jeff Franzel. Cello: Peter Sachon. Harmonies and Background Vocals: Fiona Shaw. Harmonies and Background Vocals recorded by Nick Sagar at 3507 Studio Recording.

Lyric video produced by Nancy Razk. https://www.instagram.com/art_by_nancy/

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Lyrics:

HOUSTON

You don’t seem to notice – maybe you don’t really care
I’m lost and lonely – floating around you somewhere
Communication breakdown – even though it makes no sense
Our issues won’t be solved by radio silence

This black hole will swallow us whole
We gotta get back or lose it all

Houston – we have a problem
Houston – we’re losing oxygen
If we’re ever gonna cross a chasm this wide
We’re gonna have to pass through our dark side
Houston – we have a problem

We’re not just different planets – we’re in different galaxies
What we refuse to look at is what we need to see
We’re locked into an orbit – only circling round and round
Never connecting – always expecting showdown

This black hole will swallow us whole
We gotta get back or lose it all

Houston – we have a problem
Houston – we’re losing oxygen
If we’re ever gonna cross a chasm this wide
We’re gonna have to pass through our dark side
Houston – we have a problem

Nights get longer
Days won’t come
No North Star
To guide us home

Houston – we have a problem
Houston – we’re losing oxygen
If we’re ever gonna cross a chasm this wide
We’re gonna have to pass through our dark side

Houston – we have a problem
If we’re ever gonna cross a chasm this wide
We’re gonna have to pass through our dark side
Houston – we have a problem
And time is running out

About:

In his first music career, it has been joked that Collins was in the Dave Matthews Band before Dave Matthews. Back then, he played lead guitar in Common Knowledge, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based, Earth, Wind & Fire-esque band featuring DMB founding members, drummer and backing vocalist Carter Beauford, and the late saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Eventually, Collins evolved into a singer-songwriter, and he put himself through graduate school performing three nights a week in local clubs.

In 2012, at the age of 50, now based in Prague, Czech Republic, Collins had his first child, and he made the fateful decision to bow out of his very lucrative 20-year career as an investment consultant and financial executive to nurture his creative world and be a dedicated full-time parent. He jokes that he now works in the “non-profit” sector as an indie musician, writer, and stay-at-home dad. He and his wife welcomed their second child in 2015, just weeks shy of his fifty-fourth birthday.

Fast forward to 2022, when Collins released his critically-acclaimed debut solo EP, “It’s Been a Long Time,” which has since earned an international fanbase. In 2024, Collins released his sophomore EP, “Songs for Grown-ups,” which bursts with gratitude, critical introspection, and more hooks than a tackle box.

These days Collins is working harder than ever, performing consistently around Prague and Key West and readying his fourth release, a full-length 14-track album titled “New Ways of Getting Old.”

Contemplating his life’s journey and where he’s at now, he says: “People sometimes ask me, ‘Are you enjoying your hobby?’ Hobby? This ain’t no hobby – it’s my passion. I’m working longer hours than when I was a partner in my investment firm, but I feel this is what I am called to do and it’s an honor and a privilege to finally get to do it.”

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