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A Good Life

from Shrug by The Henrys

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lyrics

A Good Life

When I left my home I cried
I was all torn up inside
I thought I’d make a move just to self-improve
or at least give that cause a try

I’d been in tougher spots than this
run with rougher lots I still miss
but then you picked me up off that pickup truck
a call I couldn’t resist

you don’t need to hurt my pride
so I don’t have to sink inside
we don’t like those old school rules
so we don’t follow

we just play the cards we’re dealt
it’s the best I think I’ve felt
the way we try to live, taking less than we give
like some kinda Roosevelt


so point me towards the sun
I’ll insult you just for fun
or push me at those waves, in the suit you gave
I’ll try to swim and be brave

there are better spots for sure, on nicer lots to be poor
but it’s a good life, right?
if we try not to fight
just be happy all day and all night

you don’t want to be denied, ‘cause we can do this side by side
we don’t need their crazy games, so we don’t play them

now I send some mail back home
or I call them on the phone
I tell them life’s not bad, they don’t need to feel sad
when it’s the best kind of living I’ve had

credits

from Shrug, released April 7, 2022
music, lyrics, guitars, vocals - Don Rooke
vocals, pump organ - Maggie Keogh
bass, pump organ - Paul Pasmore
drums, percussion - Davide DiRenzo
mix and master - Nik Tjelios
photo - DR

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The Henrys Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Star:

"Old instruments, new sounds’ is the way Rooke describes what The Henrys do - they extract from a resonator guitar and other plucked acoustic instruments the harmonics, overtones and oblique noises behind the rustic notes to create landscapes that are aston­ishingly romantic, frightening, sexual, spiritual - and quite beautiful. Brave new music." ... more

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