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Folk, singer​-​songwriter, acoustic, banjolele, ukulele, Rock, - I Forget The Rest​.​.​.

from Badtime Banjolele (10 Track Edition) by Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures

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Despite how it may sound, this song is not about any one particular person or incident, once the lyrics started to come out I just decided to try and write a kick ass, post-break-up, anti love song.
Sort of in the style of The Mountain Goats’ No Children.

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up where the woodlands meet the railway
down where the rails meet the Hudson’s edge
a spring time mist, a sunset sparkle on the river
my feet fall heavy on the clay
and I forget the rest…

and you and I will never be
again as long as I have breath
in me, it is just what it is
I won’t let you
be the death of me
and we will find a new path
eventually, and you will see
that although they might be
mostly in major key
not all songs end
la da la da la da la de

The sound of boots and stone and snow
on the blanket by the fireplace is best
the mountains, frozen lake, the winter morning’s glow
the steam rises high from off my skin
and I forget the rest…

no more I’ll hear your fake tee hee
as you attempt to humour me and
you don’t need to ever see
my failed attempts at revelry
that always left me wishing desperately
that I was somewhere out at sea
embracing someone else pleasantly
and we could sing the song that ends
la da la da la da la de

The reclining seats the holding hands
the beam, the hush the animated crest
the french restaurant under candle light
my hands shake too much to sign
and I forget the rest…

and maybe it’s a tragedy that neither of
us want to see and maybe if we didn’t flea
we’d find our place in history
but really dear it just can’t be
you only bring me misery and
I bring you the same I see
there’ll be no ring so I won’t sing
la da la da la da la de

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from Badtime Banjolele (10 Track Edition), released July 8, 2015
Written, performed and produced by Jon Cross of Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures.

Copyright Om/No Productions Music 2015

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Miscellaneous Plumbing Fixtures New Milford, Connecticut

Songwriting and banging your instruments together

The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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