Dead Friends

by Owen FitzGerald

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Part of the Sleepy Cat Records 2022 Cruisin' Compilation.

One time I got the news a friend died while I was on the way to a different dead friend's funeral. Honest to God, I've lost count. Later, I had a day dream. I was back behind the bar at Linda's. The only people there were my dead friends. I knew my friends were dead. My friends didn't know they were dead. In my day dream, I was only safe behind the bar. I got ran. Took three orders at a time. Yelled over the din. Made rent in a night. The bar was full, loud, and seemed happy. Most of my dead friends drank hard. All of my dead friends lived hard. I live more softly now, and I used to drink.

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All my dead friends, three deep to the bar.
It'd be so easy to be where they are.
But I'm pulling pints; lining up picklebacks.
I scratch through the tax stamps on each Evan that's cashed.
All my friends are sweet. They're dying to see me.

Low are the lights. Thick is the smoke.
More dead friends come; no dead friends go.
I smile at the boasts. I laugh at the jokes.
I know each plan made for tomorrow.
My dead friends, they keep me running.
All my dead friends, they keep me running.
My dead friends, they keep me running.
All my dead friends, they keep me running.

My friends are sweet. They're dying to see me.

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released May 31, 2022
Acoustic guitar, electric guitar #1, electric guitar #2, electric guitar #3, synth, bass, drum machine, vox 1, vox 2 - Owen FitzGerald

Recorded to Tascam 488 Mk II by Owen FitzGerald

Mixed and Mastered by Saman Khoujinian

Release Notes: www.sleepycatrec.com/scr018-cruisin-compilation

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Southern Gothic alt-folk from central NC.

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