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by John Davey

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The track art picture is from Valentine's Day in 2015 when my roommate in Nashville won tickets on a radio contest to go this masquerade event at the Tin Roof. Part of the VIP package was getting these bottles of champagne which none of the other contestants wanted. So me and my roommate each drank a bottle ourselves then took a few home. This was about halfway through the first bottle. I always thought the blurriness of the picture matched the blurriness of my memories from that evening. I think it was the maybe only night I ever took a bathroom selfie.

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you appeared in my dream
last night for a while
that old look on your face
smiled without a smile

and you said we should talk
for an hour or two
but my friends were waiting
so I did not indulge you

but we walked to the train
shoe in front of shoe
not even wandering through
those "how do you do's"

forensic, intrinsic
I'm hoping you're joking

you reviewed it so well
in your voice I could tell
that you practiced in front
of a mirror or wishing well

I woke with a start
rubbed my eyes, looked around
realized I was awake
and alive in some other town

specific, horrific
I'm thinking we're sinking

all around me people fallin'
people callin', asking if I knew then
what I know now
I saw your brother on a fluke
one time when he came through
and he was askin' if it happened
I wondered if I ever knew at all

on and on
the days are long gone
injunctions spoke rang true

as far as I
can see the sky
is opening up in front of you

daylight streams through
god! it's good to be alive
on your own dime

unwholesome, unholy
all this holding on too tight
I'm a live wire on fire
it's true

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released December 4, 2018
John - guitar and vocals
Shane - percussion, backing vocals

arrangements by both of us

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John Davey Marquette, Michigan

A songwriter and recording artist in Marquette, Michigan.
A tree transplanted; West Lafayette, Indiana / Nashville, Tennesee

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