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I've Got a Friend

3/20/2016

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​lyrics:

i've got a friend who thinks she's Jesus
but only when she's starting to climb
if you take away the storm she's braving
i think she does enough saving on her own time
she don't need the divine

i've got a friend simply known as V to us
she gives music away for the joy that it brings
she lives beautiful verse after verse 
and sometimes that chorus can hurt
but she's gonna play anyway
she's gonna sing

she's got a friend who'll stand in her corner
round after round swing after swing
i've seen some scary shit 
but i'm not afraid of it
cause she gave that gift to me

i'm in a band with my friend veronica
sometimes she's in command 
sometimes i tow the line
so V i'm gonna wait for you
in every single waiting room
i don't care how many times
cause time always takes time

i've got a friend
and she's got me
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Let It Gooooo! Let It Gooooo!

8/13/2015

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A snippet from The Lovebirds latest newsletter... 
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August is nearly halfway over and I'm just getting around to sending out our newsletter, so sue me. The tardiness is actually indicative of the news I'm about to break, so here goes:

We're letting go. After getting home from the last tour, this bird was burnt the f*ck out. Over five years we've been an indie band, busting our butts to try and reach some imagined destination in the future where we might find some sort of stability and security in doing what we love to do for a living. All the while, I've watched my friends and colleagues in the music industry climb that same mountain, wondering what keeps them going, wondering if I wasn't as hungry or as talented or as married to the struggle of it all. I especially disliked the gross combination of joy and jealousy I felt when witnessing their achievements. I'm not proud of that, but I'll admit it.  

Don't get me wrong, the results of all that hard work have been tangible. We've accomplished a lot and have experienced so many incredible moments and met so many lifelong friends because of that tenacious work. As my dad says "if it were easy, everyone would do it." But here's where I went wrong: I worked toward my imagined future at the expense of my present reality. I neglected myself and my ability to be happy in a moment. 

So that's going to stop. As I mentioned last month, we still have goals. We still practice religiously. We're still doing our best to book shows and record albums and plan tours and raise money and share our music. But now, living life takes precedence over imagining it. Cooking and cuddling and walks and runs and novels and friends and writing and laughing and family will be the priority. Phone calls and press releases and accounting and promoting and emails (like this one) can wait just a bit.
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