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Same Old New Year's

from Old Man Winter, Vol. 1 by Ben Smith

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Same old New Year’s
I’ve known before
Same old sentiment
and nothing more
And all I remember,
what’s lost a surrendered:
It’s the same old New Year’s
I can’t ignore

Yesterday morning
I took down the tree
I dragged it on down
to the compost heap
And as the needles fell out
a whisper escaped my mouth:
It’s the same old New Year’s
I’ve known before

A long, cold winter
and it won’t even snow
The sky is a blanket
laying heavy and low
And I can’t feel a thing
as the bells outside ring:
It’s the same old New Year’s
The one I know.

But what is fading
This year or my life?
As the seconds wind down
all I hear is the sound,
a sigh that I’ve heard once before
(Or is it three times? Three times four?)

Same old New Year’s
and still no you
Same resolutions won’t hold true
And as the streamers fall down
from the rafters above:
It’s the same old New Year’s
with no one to love.

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from Old Man Winter, Vol. 1, track released December 1, 2011
Song by Ben Smith
Recorded by Ben Smith and Craig Gonci
Engineered, Mixed, and Produced by Craig Gonci

Ben Smith -- piano, guitar, banjo, accordion, voices
Craig Gonci -- bass, drums, bells, trombones

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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.

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