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Distance Lullaby

by Amy Annelle

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DISTANCE LULLABY (STAY AWAY, STAY ALIVE) now that you're on your knees, what are you praying for? yeah do you lift your eyes up to the sky? locked in for days with no end in sight be strong my love, it is time to fight the good fight. stay away stay alive our fall from the clouds has come down to this home is where you rest your head home is where the heart is Milan, Tehran, New York take heart we're in this fight together even though you're torn apart stay away STAY ALIVE
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Thirteen 03:18
THIRTEEN (Chilton/Bell) won't you let me walk you home from school won't you let me meet you at the pool maybe Friday I can get tickets for the dance and I'll take you won't you tell your dad get off my back tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black' rock and roll is here to stay come inside where it's okay and I'll shake you won't you tell me what you're thinking of would you be an outlaw for my love? if it's so, well, let me know if it's no, well, I can go I won't make you

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I wrote "Distance Lullaby (Stay Away, Stay Alive)" to soothe a raw, scared soul. The first few days of Austin's Shelter In Place order due to the Coronavirus were unfathomable. The streets fell silent. Nobody knew what was to come, and we still don't. This song is for all of us, all over the world. We are in it for the long haul.

"Distance Lullaby (Stay Away, Stay Alive)" is backed with Big Star's "Thirteen". I adore the original version and recall Elliott Smith's gorgeous cover from live shows. I found I could play it too, and it lifted my spirits to learn this song in the thick of it all.

A portion of the proceeds from this single will benefit The SIMS Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing mental health and recovery services and support to Austin musicians, music industry professionals and their families during these unprecedented times, and beyond.

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released June 16, 2020

Recorded at home by Amy Annelle & Brian Beattie, and Amy Annelle & Craig Ross. Mixed by Brian Beattie and Craig Ross. Amy Annelle: guitar and voice. Brian Beattie: percussion, bass and Mellotron. Craig Ross: bass and high-strung guitar. Paul Brainard: steel guitar. Matt Kinsey: guitar.

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Amy Annelle Austin, Texas

A prolific writer and interpreter of songs, Amy Annelle maps out the farther reaches of American music, while conjuring visions of our restless musical past. Over the course of ten albums & thousands of miles logged on the road, Annelle has cultivated a rarified voice and repertoire that "blooms with open-hearted, lustful vulnerability and a harrowing naturalistic solitude”(Crawdaddy). ... more

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