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Fare Thee Well

from Sleepless Dreams by Scott Jacobs

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This song is one of my favorites on the album. It’s just a simple
song about saying goodbye. For the longest time this was a song I would sing with just an acoustic guitar, but when we recorded it, we tried to make it as big as possible. We tried out recording so many different drum parts on this song. But after listening back to all of them, we decided the best drum part wasn’t drums at all. Instead, the only percussion we thought it needed was a $2 egg shaker.

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And a traveling man once said, that goodbyes are blessings
But goodbyes are better left unsaid
For we travel not to escape life, we travel for life to not go by escaping us
And the roads that we walk will be long, and the turnpikes will part
And I will have to stay and you will go
And if life is like a book, then you were just a page
And I was just a simple song you used to sing

And I will always remember
The disposition in the words you said

So Fare Thee Well my old friend
Fare Thee Well my old friend

And I hope that you find what you need, and I hope you stay happy
And loving to all that you will meet
And the soles on your feet will be worn, and the earth will feel small
And towns will all play catch and release with you
And the days will all pass you by, and memories will stay here
And flashbacks will take us far away, so far away from here

And I will always remember
The disposition in the words you said

So Fare Thee Well my old friend
Fare Thee Well my old friend


In the Culdesac of life I hope, and pray that our two spinning paths will meet someday
Cuz’ in the stories that you know I read, this life will always have a way of finding who you need
Yah and maybe many years from now, from walking a lifetime I will be the one that you will need
Yah or maybe just the same, maybe this is goodbye til’ the end of our days


So Fare Thee Well my old friend
Fare Thee Well my old friend

My old friend
Fare Thee Well my old friend

credits

from Sleepless Dreams, released May 9, 2017
Scott Jacobs - Guitars, Piano, Lead Vocals
Matt Kelly - Pedal Steel
Christopher Wong - Bass
Scott Moreno - Drums and Percussion

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