The Banjo Song

from Sad Bastard: Tokyo Drift by Jeff Linden

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We drive up to Montclair / you’re in the passenger seat
And of course, it’s raining / like some godawful movie
So don’t look at me with that tone of voice / we both knew this would happen some day
You’ve gathered dust in my closet so long / and a banjo deserves to be played

You’ll go somewhere else / where you’ll see the sun / they’ll change out your strings / and they’ll show you some love / and if I held you too long / it was for my protection / I was scared to let go / of singing rainbow connection / for the dreamers and me

It took so long to find you / you were hard to track down
I looked in every Sam Ash / and Guitar Center in town
You were tucked in the back of a shop in Bucks County / and for six months you were right by my side
But since that band broke up, you’ve been sleeping so soundly / and sometimes, love is goodbye

You’ll go somewhere else / where you’ll see the sun / they’ll change out your strings / and they’ll show you some love / and if I held you too long / it was for my protection / I was scared to let go / singing rainbow connection /

And as you leave my hands / and I take the money / it hits me at once / how it’s kinda funny / for years I’d forget / you were in my collection / but now I’m crying in car / singing rainbow connection / for no one but me

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from Sad Bastard: Tokyo Drift, released December 4, 2020

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