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Then & Again

from Almost Moving Backwards by Derek Brink

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This is, simply put, a very overdue love-letter to the guitar player in my high-school rock band. (It's platonic, Marc. Don't worry.) It's not verbatim on the experiences, of course. Stuff gets shuffled and changed for the sake of a song. But basically in the 90s we had a great band. It fell apart, we fell out, and so on...the usual story. But here it is near 30 fucking years later and we're friends and have talked about playing some music together again. (Those talks started just before the world ended, of course...so we haven't done it.) It's just nice to know that sometimes you CAN go back again.

It's that simple. Not much to add. But I enjoyed playing the harmonica on this record. :)

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Something reminded me of the way
we used to be so unafraid;
riding around in your first car.
The speakers were half blown out
but even so it was so loud we had to shout
to hear each other say “do you know where we are?”

Van Halen on the radio with the Best of Rush tape ready to go.
Lost in the songs wherever we may roam.
Those bands are gone now and maybe we’re getting too old to shout.
But getting lost with you always felt like home.

I loved you then and I love you again.
And I’ve missed you, my friend.

Sometimes I still think of the day
I said all those things I knew I shouldn’t say.
The day I broke your heart.
I was angry and jealous and zealous and dumb.
Thought I was right at the time, where was I coming from?
We could’ve had it all, but I blew it apart.

Now The RAMONES are on my stereo and I listened to The Who about an hour ago.
Both make me miss the sound of your guitar.
A couple lifetimes gone by and these days I’m getting too quick to cry.
So I weep for the years we were apart.

I love you then and I love you again.
And I’ve missed you, my friend.

Let’s get that drink that we both talked about.
Let’s play those songs that we can’t live without.
Let’s sing along until our voices give out.
Let’s plug in and blow the windows out.

I loved you then and I love you again.
And I’ve missed you, my friend.

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from Almost Moving Backwards, released May 29, 2021

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