A Fine Day For A Parade

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Once again we're remembering Adam Schlesinger of Fountains Of Wayne who died this time last year at the start of the pandemic.
The Friday Covers is delighted to present this wonderful version of a wonderful song, A Fine Day For A Parade, from the 2nd Fountains of Wayne album, Utopia Parkway.
This was THE album I was listening to more than any other at the time we recorded the first Electric Soft Parade album, Holes In The Wall, so it’s even more wonderful to have this song covered by Thomas White from ESP.
Also, thanks for the wonderful artwork provided by Thomas for this and last weeks’ Friday Covers. See more of His fabulous art on instagram - @fuchsia_days

As always, it’s free to download, but all proceeds from purchases go straight to the musicians and backstage professionals who are struggling during the pandemic.

lyrics

Mrs. Carver says she's sorry
She knows enough to worry
But what does she know about crime?
Believes the town is sinking
The price of forward thinking
You stay up all night half the time
Racking your mind
Alone at night
While all your neighbours sleep tight

Years ago she lost her daughter
Off to a sacred order
Where they got stoned and worked the earth
Clears up her head with bourbon
Cause beer is so suburban
And deglasse for what it's worth

She drinks it down down down
For all of the old old days
She's thinking of it now
It's nice to get away
But what a fine day for a parade

She stays up mending curtains
Until her fingers hurt, and
You can get so bored of it all
No one can say for certain
She'll never safely know when
An asteroid will kill us all

She drinks it down down down
For all the old old days
She's thinking of it now
It's nice to get away
But what a fine day for a parade

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released April 9, 2021
All instrument and voices by Thomas White.

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