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Old Saybrook

by Ryan Patrick White

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Recently visited an old haunt. Wrote a song. Tracked it like a live demo at Nick's. Screwed up the lyric order on the first take. Kept the second take. This is it.

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Will these young ones remember the smell of the Fall in Old Saybrook at night?
We walk from the middle school back to the Farside in the cold to watch Frank and Jay fight.
Many snows later friends become traitors if a chemical takes hold like a ghost.
Familiar like spirits, still I can hear it...the first day that Frank and I spoke.

They're both gone now, they've been gone for so long.
Where I was first arrested, I smashed glass to impress older kids.
I found music. Pages filled up until dawn, but I still remember, I've put all my friends in these songs.
Stay gold. Grow cold. Move along.

Many reasons for writing a medicine for a poisoned, cold world.
East Hampton at night back to Chester in flight.
"Something Vague" while I sing along.

I kept a distance, a broken innocence, from the hive mind with all due respect.
Still under the surface of the bread and the circus there's a dagger that slowly infects.
I now forgive them, no need to relive then, I know they know not what they do.
I've had some good friends I'd love to see again and some that I wish I never knew.

Where's this town now? I've been gone for so long.
Everyone's buried. There's no heart in this place anymore.
Hollow hearts pound with synthetic response. Even they might remember the way that their life was before the slow kills of this silent war.

Once kids with a future gone back to the earth.
On the Merritt at night, home from New York in flight.
"Late For the Sky" while I sing along.

Frowns and cold shoulders. The pain made you sober.
Regrets seem to line all the paths.
The world left you broken with prayers unspoken.
If you could, I know you'd take it back.

It's not Mark's fault. Thanks for making me laugh.
You stood up for my best friend. Stopped monsters from doing what they do.
Without music I could never come back. So I'll live to tell them. To show the scars from the chaos we loved.
I can smell it like old hockey gloves.
Breaking into the beach house. When the winter hits they'll all be gone.
Stuffing drugs in the drawers, kicking holes in the doors.
Stay gold. Grow cold. Move along.

It hits in the morning. The new day is breaking. I miss everyone that I love.
I get convicted over time's sick confliction.
I haven't seen my mom in 2 years.
The ones that you'd die for, the ones you've shed tears for, your heart wants them close by your side.
When I look in my son's eyes my heart breaks the warm way.
No words could do justice, I've tried.

Now I see it, how all parents must feel.
You've been given a treasure. Don't let it fade, hold it close.
I wrote it down here so my wife can see clearly just how much I love her.
I'm a fool, please forgive my mistakes. Every one's made my broken heart break.

I don't care what the world says.
I never did, never could, it's a trap.
I want to see my children grow old and have a tiny place to call home.
Show them love, the only way to fight back.

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released March 19, 2022
Recorded by Nick at Dexter's Lab Recordings in Milford, CT on 3/16/22

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Ryan Patrick White Deep River, Connecticut

Avenger of Awry, Buried Dreams, Call it Arson, Canvas, Cast in Blood, Enraged Youth, For All it's Worth, Jagged Visions, Laid 2 Rest, Murmur, Stab You in the Head and Eat Your Face Off, Victimize, Whiskey Priest, Zero Hour

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