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Bills and Basements

from Letters by Matt Reid & Friends

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Matt Reid: vocals, keyboards, theremin
Dean Gallant: guitar
Kristina Parlee: bass
Luke Goguen: drums

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A car and a driver’s license
Help carry a borrowed keyboard home
From legion hall to the west end the music felt about right
When I hear George Michael I think of you
sweeping and dancing ‘til quarter to
Don’t be a stranger you told me - how I didn’t!

Spring was promising, summer was hard
Surprise visits to a dead-end job
You ray of sunshine, I had to tell you in the car

You took meto Lucie, I took you to Derby
Canoeing was challenging, the Chevin was lovely
I’ll see you with thousands of fans in January
Bills and Basements won’t keep us down
At home with Hugh Laurie or painting the town
Writing the songs that make the kids put their fist in the air

And when you take me by the hand
I’ll stop being jealous of your band
You kick ass and you keep your man on task

You’re more than a drivers license
to carry their sorry asses around
To take you for granted is a crime against nature.

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from Letters, released December 13, 2008

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