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billy ruane

from for crying out loud by varsity drag

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Billy Ruane (b.deily)

two-hundred-and-fifty ccs
rolling down Mass Avenue:
Citgo sign is flashing down,
tailight's barely hanging on--
you know and i know that it's been way too long--
where are you going, stranger? better hang on tight...

you know the dance is neverending--
you wanna see your friends tonight
that suit might need a cleaning--
but it's alright--

but the place just ain't the same without Billy Ruane
'cause he always knows your name, that Billy Ruane
and it's just a goddamn shame without Billy Ruane...
(and there ain't no one to blame,
but the place just ain't the same...)

dancing around in Kenmore Square,
down on Landsdowne every night--
staggering out of TT's
underneath a thousand stars...

the Channel is gone, and man,
the Rat closed down...
where are you going, billy?
where you riding now?

you know the dance is neverending...
i wanna see your face tonight--
that suit might need a cleaning--
but it's alright--

but the place just ain't the same without Billy Ruane
'cause he always knows your name, that Billy Ruane
and it's just a crying shame without Billy Ruane
(and there ain't no one to blame,
but the place just ain't the same...)

keep it loud, keep it raw...
the best-dressed drunk i ever saw--

(and there ain't no one to blame,
but the place just ain't the same...)

credits

from for crying out loud, track released June 1, 2006
ben deily (guitars, piano, vocals)
will anderson (bass, vocals)
ian g. miller (drums, vocals)
greg randall (guitar, vocals)
bob spector (guitar, vocals, tambourine, patience)

produced by bob spector and varsity drag

recorded in a shipping container and at bob's house
mixed by john croslin at tiny telephone

all songs by varsity drag, p. by henry's confession music/ASCAP. all rights reserved, pal.

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