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Текст с Bandcamp’а: “Jeremy played music for several years with Nashville songwriter Steve Mitchell (now with The Haphazards) when they both lived in Vancouver in the 1990s. As Jem was working on the lyrics to this song, he kept thinking of one of his favorite Steve tunes “Great to Be Gone”, and he started using his clever chorus line ‘good to be back/great to be gone,’ figuring he’d eventually come up with an original chorus. But it just fit too perfectly! After he sheepishly explained the situation, Steve, with typical generosity, loved the idea and suggested they call it a co-write. A special thanks to Richard Kean (of Jiggernaut and Brizeus) for laying down such a brilliant bagpipe part. I came in from the future Put my suitcase by the door Looked around at the town where it all went down It looked just like it did before There were backroom conversations Selling your soul for a second of fame (superstar) And there were sexual relations By any other name CHORUS: It’s good to be back It’s good to be back now It’s good to be back but as a matter of fact It’s great to be gone I dreamed I was a hippy Back in the Summer of Love Going to San Francisco With my suitcase and guitar I ran with the Jefferson Airplane Papa John Creach and Mama Cass (oh yes) And when I woke up in the morning I put my bare feet in the grass CHORUS It’s midnight in Toronto, and I’m hanging with the hometown boys Living the days of glory, the porn star stories Everybody smoking Don Diegos, drinking eighty-dollar Bottles of wine, little brother I’m fine I’m just sick and tired and broke (most of the time) But I’ve got a sweet thing going down in Minneapolis And everything is all right CHORUS from Closer to the Sky, released January 1, 2013 Words & music © 2008 Jeremy Greenhouse & Steve Mitchell“
