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An experimental song about being dragged back to reality; going from happiness and contentment to despair and drudgery. Not so coincidentally, it was written shortly after I returned to New York from Ireland.

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It doesn't feel so good to be back
nach bhfuil sé go maith a bheith ar ais

Here we go again
Good times gone again
back to life, back to grim reality
no more nice place with a kitchen or affordable rent

Here we go again
Good times gone again
back to life, back to grim reality
no more nice place with a kitchen or affordable rent
no more good drinks or social life or partying
no more cute girls flirting with you
or ugly ones either
back to the rat race
back to the hate
no more green
not even on the dollar bills
no more happy music
just the groans and the drones

love's gone back away an ocean or two
the rain's gone, but the sun's not back either
no more nice people
it's everyone for themselves

we'll help the poor, they say
so why was I richer when I was away

Everything's great, they say
but it was better in Austin or Dublin or London or Munchen
You may not be from here, but you're stuck here and barred from going home
Can't get high or drunk to ease the pain, even if you could afford it

Gave up on this land a while back, but no skills to go anywhere else
Escorted out of Eden, angels barring me from paradise
demons to the left of me, jokers to the right
nobody in the middle with me
they're all a pond away, an ocean away, a bridge away, mountains and continents away
a spiritual gulf away
a spiritual gulf away
It doesn't feel so good to be back

credits

from Rockaway Shuffle, track released October 10, 2015
composed by Thomas Clarke using Acoustica Mixcraft 6 in Rockaway Park

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Thomas Clarke Colorado Springs, Colorado

Thomas Clarke was born in Abilene, TX, and raised in Colorado Springs. In the early 1990s, he first met producer Steve Peak (Speak Online), who introduced him to songwriting. He attended Brooklyn College in the late 1990s. He was one of the co-stars and contributed music to a 2014 art production about homelessness in Austin called “Am I Invisible”. ... more

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