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Sweeter Than The Wine

from Sweeter Than The Wine by Andy Pratt

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From Andy Pratt's 2022 LP "Sweeter Than The Wine" (follow up to 2017 debut LP "Horizon Disrupted")
Recorded at home in Chicago
Mixed by Jon San Paolo @ Electrical Audio in Chicago
Mastered by Carl Saff
Produced & Performed by Andy Pratt

lyrics

there’s a place you can go where the dandelions grow
and the 4lower is much sweeter than the wine
there’s a path through the trees made of last october’s leaves
and it leads you to a playground in july
a ladder cuts through the air and you climb into the sky
now you’re looking down a shiny metal slide
the sun is riding high and you have to squint your eyes
as you zoom on down you almost catch on 4ire
fall through the leaves now
into the pile you dive
jump out any moment
or maybe just stay inside
and the carousel is spinning about a hundred miles an hour
so you better hold on tight or you’re thrown off
the swings are pressing on and if you push your legs real strong
you maybe can swing over the top rung
those 4ire4ly evenings in the warm summer’s air
and a game of hide and seek has just begun
round up the cicadas in a red radio 4lyer
and you set up camp outside on the front lawn
another scorcher of a night and the power is all gone
and the neighbors on their front properties
as a car passes by, mr. b howls a drunken cry
asks the driver if he works for thomas e
jump in the lake now
sure feels nice and cool
hold your breath for as long as you can
touch your toes to the bottom too
and the night swimming, sand castles, moon light’s glow
and the 4ireworks on the 4th of july
the lake is an ocean, the most water that you know
and the sands, they have been there for all time
there’s a shortcut to school a couple houses past the poole’s
you just bike through the neighbor’s backlot and front drive
a trail heading north leads you to the ravines
and those tracks, they follow you along the side
there’s a tumor on the tree out on 13th avenue
or did some child get swallowed alive
dig a hole in your backyard, it’ll go all the way to china
or maybe the older kids just lied
ghosts in the attic
and the people that live under the stairs
old toys in the crawl space
from the family that once lived there
and two castles on chestnut’s cobble stone road
one for each daughter the tale is told
a gazebo in the middle for a local sunday wedding
but now the castles have been separately sold
there’s a place you can go where the dandelions grow
and the 4lower is much sweeter than the wine

credits

from Sweeter Than The Wine, track released September 9, 2022
All instruments performed by Andy Pratt

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Andy Pratt Chicago, Illinois

Andy is a Chicago based singer-songwriter & jazz guitarist.
His music has been featured in Magnet, Goldmine, The Vinyl District, & several other publications.
In the summers of 2017-2019, Andy toured across the country and Canada in support of his Horizon Disrupted & Further Disruption albums. Andy had the great opportunity to work with Steve Albini on these records. His new album drops on 9/9/22! ... more

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