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Taking Gatsby

from Fragments by Tim Bang

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A tribute to a great friend and amazing songwriter.

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It's a skill that you've already mastered
in the eyes of all those you see.
But you're such an incorrigible bastard
Strumming and singing with me.
Til the day that I die, I'll never know why
You think the well has already run dry.
It seems to me it should be full to the brim
Perhaps the reason that things look so dim
is that it's hard to get back to that place sometimes
when the cold hands of fate have burned out your bright eyes
the water doesn't taste like it did in Dunn Hall
the face in the glass ain't the same at all

I am alone in this room at the moment
recording this song that you already hate
you will soon find that you'll always be thirsty
standards too high to sate

the waves break on our ragged rock and tear the bits away
the tick and tock of the clock
reason enough not to stay

break it down
break it down
as you make your way out this godforsaken town
break it down
break it down
head north or west
I send you my best
I hope you find some place you can rest
and I'll see you
on the morrow we'll cling
I'll have some new songs but it's the old ones
that I'll want to sing.

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from Fragments, released August 29, 2019

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Tim Bang Miami, Florida

I've been writing and recording music for a long time. I've played in a number of bands over the years, but I'm doing the solo singer/songwriter thing now. Thanks so much for listening!

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