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54-40 – I Go Blind

Deke brought this band up the other day and I started to listen to their songs. Deke likes a lot of harder bands so I was expecting screaming guitars but this band is close to Sloan to me or power pop…which yea…I kinda like!

The band was formed in the small border town of Tsawwassen, BC. Musically they were influenced by British invasion and post-punk and American roots and punk rock. They got their name from a reference to a US political slogan from the 1840s (“Fifty-four forty or Fight!”) that called for the American annexation of what is now British Columbia.

54-40_Green_Album

The band started in 1978 when Neil Osborne and Brad Merritt met in Sought Delta High School in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. They released their first album in 1984  called Set The Fire and their second album in 1986 was a self-titled album also called The Green Album. That is the album this song is on.

The album 54-40 peaked at #91 on the Canadian Album Charts in 1986.

The song was covered by Hootie and the Blowfish and did well on the charts in 1996-97. It peaked at #13 in Canada, #2 on the US Adult Top 40, and #22 on the US Adult Contemporary in 1996-97.

I Go Blind

Every time I look at you I go blind
Every time I look at you I go blind
Every time I look at you I go blind
Every time I look at you I go blind

In the morning, I get up
And I try to feel alive but I can’t
Every time I look at you I go blind
I don’t know what it is
Something in me just won’t give it a chance

I think it’s that I feel more confused by the deal
Love has shown me
Little child, did you know that there’s a light
And it’s gonna shine right through your eyes
What do you think that life is like?
Every time I look at you I go blind
I go blind

Somewhere over there
There’s a purpose, there’s a care for free
In me there’s nobody
No one planned, no one stand to be free
I think it’s that because I have seen all the fuss
And it’s no big deal
No big deal

Hold me, hold me
‘Cause I wanna get higher and higher
Higher than
Hold me hold me
‘Cause I wanna get higher and higher
Higher than