Bruce

by Matt Byrde

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Trying to get ahead
Just doing the right thing
That don't change that life's
So goddamn hard
I guess it's the same
And Bruce, you were talking to me
I'm feeling like I was born
To run away

Having dreams for America
Is a losing game
The way we live in America
Is a crying shame

Keep your tired and your poor
We don't want 'em
Or so I'm told by my TV
Donald Trump and Richard Nixon
All the same
Not a crook until
You can't deny the blame

Having dreams for America
Is a losing game
The way we live in America
Is a crying shame

credits

released January 27, 2016
Drums by Taylor Thompson, bass by Steve Jonker, harmonium and B3 organ by Dan Inglis, guitar by Evan White-Tolbert, guitar and vocals by Austin Hatch. Additional vocals by Steve Jonker, Dan Inglis, Garrett Sawyer, and the great interns at Northfire Studio.

Recorded live on January 2, 2016.
Engineered and mixed by Garrett Sawyer at Northfire Studio, Amherst, MA.
Mastered by Angelo Quaglia at Northfire Studio, Amherst, MA.
Cover art by Danielle Lucier.

Big thanks to Jefferson Pitcher and Garrett Sawyer.

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Matt Byrde Northampton, Massachusetts

Neither all that bad nor all that good, Matt Byrde is a band. Matt Byrde is big in Japan.

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Can't Run

May 2019
January

Jul 2017
Lost & Found in America

Aug 2016
Rest

Jul 2016
Bruce

Jan 2016

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