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lyrics
Where you been of lately?
Cause I’m missing your cheeks
The ones upon your face babe
And the ones above your knees
You could be a meal now
Leave nothing but your ribs
Or I could settle you a new town
In the mountains where you lived when you were just a kid and I swear
I laid down my arms on the day you came along
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along
“How can I be helpful?”
Said the lady on the phone
“Oh and ain’t the weather dreadful? It’s all a plan to keep us alone.”
Pinch me, pinch me, pinch me
So that I know I’m awake
And what does “teach your man to fish” mean?
It’s to survive another day
I’ll hold you if you hold you
Self-respect I pay it back
And tell your old boy that’s the old you
So he don’t come around here thinking that he’ll get you back cause he won’t though
I laid down my arms on the day you came along
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along
I spent my whole life fighting fear after fear
yeah all my days, all my days
I’d do them over and over and over and over again
I’ve been right here before I’ve made up my mind
Yeah all my days, all my days
I’d do them over and over and over and over and
I laid down my arms on the day you came along
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along
Where you been of lately
Cause I’m missing your cheeks
credits
released November 14, 2018
Laid Down My Arms
Written by S. Holden Jaffe and Sean Tracy
Produced by S. Holden Jaffe
Additional production by Gabe Goodman
Recorded by Reed Black, Ronnie DiSimone and S. Holden Jaffe
Mixed by Justin Gerrish
Mastered by Joe Lambert
Recorded at Vinegar Hill Sound (Brooklyn, NY), Brickbox Studios (Brooklyn, NY), and Holden's apartment in Greenpoint (Brooklyn, NY)
S. Holden Jaffe: vocals, guitar, Mellotron, Farfisa, Arp Solina, percussion, additional programming
Gabe Goodman: guitar, lap steel
Charles Schlinkert: drums
William Evans: bass
Nick Cianci: guitar
featuring "Improvising Over Pasta" by Eileen Kelley
cover art by S. Holden Jaffe
cover art features photos by Eileen Kelley from Fort Tryon Park, NY.
Del Water Gap is the solo project of songwriter & producer S. Holden Jaffe. Jaffe currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and is inspired by “romantic encounters and dimly lit rooms.
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