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My First Band

from Deadman Road by Venetic ®

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Al was the drummer, he always hit the beat
He could play it with one hand
He only liked ska and reggae
Nothing else fit his plan
Dan was blond, all fit and tan
On lead guitar he was the man
Tall and handsome, long and lean
He played like a crazy machine
Tom was on bass, but his mind was elsewhere
I used to wonder where it was at
But all it took was half a listen
For him to get it all down pat

Then there was me, leading the circus
Wondering which way to go
Surrogate mother and lion tamer
Trying to mastermind the show

Back in the days when we were free
We used to tell tales of what we wanted to be
Twenty years on, things aren’t quite so grand
There’s a few bits missing from the master plan

Tom found Krishna and gave up drums
Now he wears gowns and chants
Dan froze me out and sold his guitar
Now he’s an advertising man
Al just walked out and never came back
Never to be seen again
That just left me and one guitar:
Not much of a master plan

Once it all turned to custard
Things weren’t quite so grand
It’s a bit hard to get out and hustle
When you don’t even have a band

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from Deadman Road, released December 1, 2007
(c) Wayne Stuart McCallum

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Since 2002, Venetic has independently released 10 albums with more on the way. Healed by the flames of purgatory, he is now back from the undead.

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