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Highway Bandits

from Billy Is Dead by Tearing Up

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We got into the pickup, said bittersweet goodbye
We were outrunning a storm, keeping underneath blue skies
On the highway packing bandits, playing some cowboy song
Our future “Gentle On My Mind” as you would just look on
Way out into the distance, but neither of us looking forward
The drive was just interlude, before home became a sick ward
And with every mile that passed, our childhood quickly fading
Do you remember Edinburgh?
When I suddenly went astray
I could only find my way back
When I heard you call my name

And I know, I am my father’s son
his blood runs thick inside of both our palms
And as drips into our veins
it’s filling up the pen that will sign my fate but is it real?
Is it real?

I gotta figure it out

When I asked about directions
you said nothing was set it’s just decisions, decisions and then on to the next
"Do I have to spell it out for you, in bright red letters?
There is division, division between your past and present.”
And we hit hotel beds, the skies a crimson hue
we drank cheap beer and we talked bout how there’s nothing you can do.

Hope is a powerful weapon some times you find that it won’t have much use
My morbid side was certainly coming through
That part of me you were never all that used to
Well I’ve never seen you smile for bad news
And your arrow still flies true.
And I know

I am my father’s son
his blood runs thick inside of both our palms
And as it drips into our veins
It's filling up the pen that will sign my fate
Is it real?
Is it real?

I gotta figure it out

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from Billy Is Dead, released October 14, 2022
WRITTEN BY GRAHAM CALDWELL
GUITAR AND VOCALS BY GRAHAM CALDWELL
GUITAR AND BACKUP VOCALS BY JAMIE MCLACHLIN
DRUMS BY MARLON NICOLLE
BASS BY NICHOLAS HIND-KNAPP
ADDITIONAL PERCUSSION BY JOSH KORODY
ENGINEERED BY JOSH KORODY AT SOLEIL SOUND STUDIOS AND CANDLE STUDIOS
MIXED BY JOSH KORODY

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