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Annie, In Stereo

from This Postdiluvian World by Rick Barry

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lyrics

As your body is lowered into the ground,
a crowd of mourners gather around
and the preacher takes center stage,
But we all know it's too late to be saved.
Still we stood there pretending
that this life is never ending
Oh Annie, you put up a good fight,
but on that summer evening, you finally succumbed
to the sickness you sheltered inside
But Annie, can't you see what you've done,
You're no longer now the loneliest one.
You made a mixed tape before you left,
I found it next to the letter on your desk.
It said, "If you're reading this I'm already gone."
and you claimed your life could be found in those songs.
All that happiness and heartbreak
on a ninety minute mixed tape.
Oh and Annie, all of those melodies,
from Jeff Buckley to Buffalo Tom,
when I hear them I feel weak and diseased,
still I find myself singing along
and you're no longer now the loneliest one.
You felt so sad and helpless,
you didn't see an end anywhere.
You even tried the path toward redemption
but you found no comfort there.
Now, I'm so vacant and lonely
this world has nothing left to offer me
Oh and Annie, where did you find the strength,
All those memories of days now long gone
and I don't have many more left,
but if I could only then it won't be too long
and I'll no longer be the loneliest one.

credits

from This Postdiluvian World, released April 23, 2013
(c) 2011 Stupid American Songs (BMI)
Words and Music by Rick Barry.
Mixed / produced by Andy Bova at Simple Sound Studio, Neptune, NJ
simplesoundstudio@gmail.com
Mastered by Roger Quinn at Asbury Media.

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