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Posted: January 5, 2009Not With You

Credits/Backstory:

The Mocking Birds, 1996. Scott McDonald, drums. Johnny Java, bass. Dick Neal, electric guitars. And me, JV, vocals and rhythm guitar. Recorded by students at Trod Nossel with the guidance of Dick Neal.

Listen/Download:

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Lyrics:

I went out but I was not with you
you weren’t there, and that was all I knew
your golden hair clung to my knee
my too-swift hand set you free.

I get high when I am not with you
I’m so high I don’t know what to do
I’m a rocket ride, I’m a smokin’ gun
I’m freezing cold in the noonday sun.

Last night
I had a terrible dream
I traveled ten thousand miles
just to find something new
and when I reached my destination
who I found there
was you.

By and by I won’t be not with you
we’ll meet again, rejoice, begin anew
I need you and no one else
I need you more than myself.

All I am is not with you.