i used to drum in a rock 'n' roll band

from by Doug Johnstone

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Third track on Doug Johnstone's debut solo EP.
About the joy of making music, even if it seems a waste of time.

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Don’t you know I used to drum in a rock n’ roll band
Back in the day
Yeah we played the usual toilet gigs
Along the way

But we never amounted to much
And we always screwed things up
But that made me into what I am today.

Don’t you know I played guitar in a lo-fi band some years ago
Yeah we’d get drunk and stoned and se sometimes managed a show

But we never amounted to much
And we always screwed things up
But that made me into what I am today.

Don’t you know I did a couple acoustic shows on my own
Yeah they didn’t go too well and I felt like going home
Then I met with friends and we stayed and had some drinks
And the more we talked about it, it made me think
That when I drummed in that rock ‘n roll band I had a ball
And playing guitar in that lo-fi shambles I loved it all
And even those acoustic shows on my own you know they weren’t so bad
And the more I thought about it, it made me glad

That I never amounted to much
And I’m always screwing things up
Cos that’s made me into what I am today.
Yeah that’s made me into what I am today.
Yeah that’s made me into what I am today.
Yeah that’s made me into what I am today.
Yeah that’s made me into what I am today.

Don’t you know I used to drum in a rock n’ roll band
Back in the day

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from Keep it Afloat EP, released 01 May 2011
Written, performed and produced by Doug Johnstone, 2011

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