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Song for my Mum & Dad

from Festival Friends by Ren Stedman

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    2. Wanderlust
    3. Bored
    4. Grays Town
    5. State of unfair
    6. Sorry
    7. Wandering the streets
    8. Bugs
    9. The Hipster Song
    10. Day after day
    11. Song for my Mum & Dad
    12. Bigger Balls than you

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My parents had it harder than I did
They'd always give much more that I'd ever give
And the years I grew up well I know
That I treated them like shit.

My dad drove for miles round the country to take me
To 20 minute shows I got booked as an emergency act
As he drove down those roads I drove him round the bend.

And I hope I make up for it now
‘cause I’m trying to be a better person that I was
And I hope I can make you proud
and be the kind of kid you’d really love

And the time that we spend on our own
Is the time we should make for our families and home
Cause our friends we can choose and just as easily lose but our families ain't going nowhere
And the phone calls we say we will make
Never happen but it's only a minute to take
From our lives to say hi and I hope you're alright
And just letting them know that you care
So this ones for my mum and my dad and rest
Of family to let them know they are really the best.

My Mum picked the pieces up and put them order
When I broke down crying and always ignored her
Advice that she gave me I threw back but used in the end

The shit she endured with my multiple phases
as soon as she understood that I would change it
to something much worse and obscure and it messed with her head

I’ve made bad mistakes, left apologies to late
to make them mean something or compensate for anything
at all
But I’m desperately trying to show I definitely need you much more than you need me I know it’s much more
I know it's much more

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from Festival Friends, released April 19, 2018

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Ren Stedman Southend On Sea, UK

Ren Stedman, he's the acoustic guy who looks metal, has a buzzing vocal, plays from the marrow of his bones and will rip your heart out with his honesty. A fierce, fable wielding force of acoustic punk poetry.

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