Better Off In My Dreams

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I wonder if Grandpa was right about the afterlife ? (He was a bullshitter in this life !).......................
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I didn’t shoot no-one in Reno
I don’t want to see anyone die
I’ll tell you one thing about me you already know
I’m just a boring guy

I’m no hound dog for your love
You’re no angel from above
But I’m inconsolable
But you’re still unobtainable

Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams

And once I thought I saw yer
Across crowded hazy skies
I’m always looking for yer
Whenever I open my eyes

And I still prefer fiction
There’s a good life in dreams
They tell me I should be moving on
But I like it ‘round here

I didn’t shoot a man in Reno – I just let him be ………………
If I wanna see somebody die – I switch on my TV
Knives and bombs and machine guns - I’m better off in my dreams
Grenades and blades and handguns – I’m better off in my dreams
………………………….husband….I’m better off in my dreams
………………better off in my dreams………………better off in my dreams

Granpa died last week
Buried him in the rocks
He stood next to me at his funeral
And told me the afterlife sucks

He said……you’re better off in your dreams……better off in your dreams

And I was walking in Memphis
Like some kind of Elvis obsessive
What a strange feeling of elation this is
The depth of my dreams is impressive

Now I just deal in fragments
It’s better than pastiche
I can’t find fulfilment
But I sure found my niche

Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams
Better off in my dreams

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from Robby Thinman and The New Snowmen, released August 15, 2012

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Robby Thinman and The New Snowmen Newcastle, UK

Distant Meteors grew out of The New Snowmen who grew out of The Snowmen who grew out of The Nasty Angels and are based in Newcastle upon Tyne North East England (where we used to build ships and dig coal but now we just rock).

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