you wanna be there but you don’t wanna travel

from play mistLY for me - digital only album - live recordings vol 1 by dave graney

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Recorded at the Wheatsheaf in Adelaide June 2104.
This song was first recorded in 1990 on “lure of the tropics” – a live performance cd- and then in the studio for the album of the same name released in 1994. We were playing this in a different instrumental style on this 2014 tour. No drums, just guitars and keys. The lyric strongly relates to “everything was legendary with Robert” which we were playing on the same dates in 2014.

lyrics

you wanna be there but you don't wanna travel
as another day passes through you
you're just waitin for your time to arrive
you're just goin to arrive
so you sit in your kitchen and you draw the blinds
drink and shoult and have a good time
I loved the way you could sit on a stack of magazines and talk about the most impossible scenes
like you just came back from everywhere
I never saw you move too feet from your chair
you wanna be there but you dont wanna travel
you could always draw a crowd cos you'd never fallen
you fell for the high times and never came back
you wanna be there but you don't wanna travel

credits

from play mistLY for me - digital only album - live recordings vol 1, released February 23, 2015
Dave Graney 12 string acoustic, Clare Moore - keys and percussion, Stuart Perera - electric guitar and Stu Thomas, baritone guitar.

Recorded direct to a hard disc recorder in the room. No overdubs, no close mics, no overdubs.

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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 ... more

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May 4

Baroque Room

Katoomba, NSW
May 5

The Stag & Hunter Hotel

Newcastle, NSW
May 10

Lyric's Underground

Maylands, WA
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Duke of George

East Fremantle, WA
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Northern Arts Hotel

Castlemaine, VIC
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Brisbane, QLD
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Majestic Theatre

Pomona, QLD
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The Eltham Hotel NSW

Eltham, NSW
Jun 8

Kindred Studios Creative Spaces

Yarraville, VIC
Jun 28

Flow bar

Old Bar, NSW

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