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“old friends/ old busted couches and dead lawns/ I walked out of the room for a decade and blinked/ old friends…”

I wanted to write a song that was a little bit Samuel Beckett and a little bit Merle Haggard and this is it. Lots of tension in the chords but a simple conversational vocal. No bass, just lots of guitars. Amazing backing vocals by our friends Will Hindmarsh and Emily Jarrett from Go Go Sapien.

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old friends and the way they lay their heavy hands on ya
bony hugs
when they drop down
like birds
of prey
whatever
grey
old friends
they know you for so long
no no no no
you hear a familiar sing and groan
you go back to the hits
you play the standards
the classics
old friends
re-creatin’ the scenes again
they were finished when I me them
that was very attractive
compelling
they’ve been over forever
there’s been no boom
no bust
old friends
there’s a wreck on the lawn
the gate is broke
there’s a wreck on the couch
lookin for coins
old friends
old busted couches and dead lawns
I walked out of the room for a decade and blinked
old friends
they were over early
closed off
gated
it was great
old friends
smilin’ skulls
lampshades covered in human skin
shocking
teeth like
what can you say?
fuckin’
fuckin’ like cadavers
what?
like fuckin’ cadavers
so many ways to say it
old friends
hello
don’t take this bad
just got the horrors
old friends

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from ONE MILLION YEARS DC, released October 10, 2019
Old Friends
Dave Graney – vocals, guitars, keys.
Clare Moore, percussion.
Will Hindmarsh and Emily Jarrett, backing vocals.

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dave graney Melbourne, Australia

From Melbourne, Australia.
Dave Graney and Clare Moore were once in the Moodists, singer and drummer respectively.Then there was the Coral Snakes and and now Dave Graney and the mistLY.
Stu Thomas on bass since 2004 and Stuart Perera on guitar since 1998
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