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Old Man, River

from distillation by Manny McGuffin

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For the "Something New" album, First song I ever wrote using an alternate tuning. Stole it from The Tallest Man on Earth. C-G-C-G-C-E, capo on the 2nd fret.

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If I lived by the river, I would watch the water flow
The sand banks shift and my thoughts drift to the Gulf of Mexico

You could live there with me, though surely nothing lasts
With wine and bread and blanket spread disheveled on the grass

She's only lucid when she dreams
She takes one for the team
And reels across the lawn
Winter white succumbs to spring
We're as naked as we seem
Here and then we're gone

The sun is a little lower, a chill is creeping in
I wonder if she's still waiting while I struggle to begin
Now I drink a little slower, but get there just the same
Sitting here by the river

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from distillation, track released March 4, 2012

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