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Best Friend

from Start Anew by Douglas Hinton

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A tribute to my Dad and his vinyl collection!
Un hommage à mon père et à sa collection de vinyles!

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BEST FRIEND
(Words and music by Douglas Hinton)

This one's for my Dad
The best friend I've ever had
Who left this earth too young
Too long ago
He never made life sad
And folk were always glad
To listen to his jokes
Both good and bad
And his records and tapes
Were my escape
From so-called songs
Mimed by corporate puppets on the take
On the take
So here's to you Dad

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
Here's to you Dad
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la
The best friend I've ever had

His folks paid for lessons
So he could learn the guitar
But lack of practice
Stopped him getting far
I got a run through
The few chords that he knew
So Dad my love affair with music's
Thanks to you
'Cause your records and tapes
Were my escape
From so-called songs
Mimed by corporate puppets on the take
On the take
So here's to you Dad

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
Here's to you Dad
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la
The best friend I've ever had

Gone but not forgotten
That cliché's pretty rotten
But I can't think of a better term to use
As the years go on
My passion stays as strong
As when my Dad's albums
Helped me write songs
He had Bob Dylan
And Bad Company
The Stones The Who
The Quo Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lizzy AC/DC
AC/DC
I studied those LPs

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
Here's to you Dad
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la
The best friend I've ever had

He had George Thorogood
And Bad Company
The Stones The Who
The Pentangle
Joe Cocker AC/DC
AC/DC
I studied those LPs

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
Here's to you Dad
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la
The best friend I've ever had

La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la
Here's to you Dad
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la
The best friend I've ever had

credits

from Start Anew, released September 13, 2016
Words and music: Douglas Hinton
Acoustic guitar & vocals: Douglas Hinton
Guitars, percussion, production: Laurent Auffret
Photos: Rachel Saddedine
Album artwork: Madows

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Acoustic Folk-Rock made and played chez les Ch'tis
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