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lyrics

Nobody's coming to the show
They'd rather listen to emo bands from 2000
From a laptop on a stage where some dude just presses play
These kids engage with a storied yesterday

We haven't passed our prime

Nobody cares about your band
That dude only asked you to play so you think he's the man
He's an asshole racketeer
He'll try to pay you in cheap beer then disappear
So clear the stage cause only cover bands get paid

They don't make 'em like the used to
But we have no one to blame
We can live in our nostalgia,
But things will never feel the same
Because by the time that we realize they do
The feeling fades into a bitter sense of resignation
As I recite cliches

So how can everyone be has-beens
If no one's ever been
And we haven't passed our prime?

credits

released March 18, 2021
Music and lyrics by Your Pal Bill

Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Glockenspiel and Tenor Sax performed by Bill Morton

Engineered, Mixed and Produced by Cameron Kennedy

Mastered by David Partridge

Single cover by the Full Blown Father himself, Joe Lee

Additional vocals (in no particular order) by: Joel Countryman, Ken Taylor, "Fast" Eddie Knowlton, Dan Gonzales, Kris Rose, Dan Turner, Ben "Bad Bean" Abu-Halaga Dilgert, Lee Resistant, Josh Marostega with special thanks to Pat "Basement Dweller" McIntosh who would have done vocals if he had a mic, but he doesn't so here we are, love yah Pat.

Extra special thanks to Full Blown Father (Joe Lee) for the sick video, the pals at Elvis Freshley for the recording space, my folks for letting me jam in their basement at all hours and my darling Dan Band, Dan Gonzales and Dan Armitage

This song is dedicated to everyone missing shows right now, even when they suck.

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