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These Were The Days

from Hank Barbee by Hank Barbee

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Hank tells this story:
"These Were The Days" was written about a very dear friend of mine who passed from us much too early. I had a dream about him about a year after he died. In that dream he came and picked me up in his old beat up white van and we rode around town and talked and got caught up. When he dropped me back off at my house, that was the last time I ever looked him in the eye. His blue eyes were so vivid in that dream. It was him. I got to see him and talk to him one last time. It was heavy, but beautiful. Sentimental blues...
For the full interview go here www.mlgardnerbooks.com/blog/2014/5/4/music-monday-hank-barbee

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these were the days
2.19.2011


these were the days we were gonna run
we were gonna come, disappear into
this was the time our feet would plant
into the sand, of a distant sunny blue

these were the days we were gonna fly
into the west, on a sweet by and by
and those were the times in every life
of quick goodbyes, and never ending highs


and I dream…
I see your face like a mystery
it’s comin’ clean
on sentimental blues

and I say…
your eyes shine like a holiday
lighting up my way
those sentimental blues


these were the nights when we had it all
before the fall, ripped us right in two
and this is the day I dread to see
where you and me, would never meet again


but now is the time in every life
for slow goodbyes, I’ve finally realized
that nothing lasts
longer than it’s time…


*for my brother Jon*

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from Hank Barbee, released December 31, 2012
written by Hank Barbee

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Hank Barbee North Carolina

Guitar player, balladeer, and self-reflective life-mender all rolled up in a lanky package of boyish charm. ...an interesting evolution...combine dirty blues, roots-rock, thumb-style "Travis picking", surf, dixieland and western swing… throw in some heavy life experience and meaningful lyrical content… what’s for dinner is a rich stew of the last 100+ years of American musical heritage... ... more

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