Why I Signed Up
from Leaving Town by Jack James
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Written: 28th March 2011 - ?
Recorded: 23rd August 2011 - 29th October 2011
Recorded: 23rd August 2011 - 29th October 2011
lyrics
On your way with the travelling band, better pack a bag
It’s your first time, this is your trip and it’s mine
You woke an hour early, it’s my hometown
This is why I signed up
Two pairs of jeans, a long overcoat, five plaid shirts
But you are from Scotland not Nashville, Tennessee, there’s no pick-up truck
But in the car there’s a banjo and twenty CDs of Neil Young’s
This is why I signed up
Two hours to the show, you’re looking up lyrics to songs you wrote
The front-man puts his head on, this persona you sometimes forget
“It’s an act I believe in,” he says, “going for three years strong”
“This is why I signed up”
You try to record, taking pictures from town to town
And you've not been bored for months now, things are moving fast
And you've got so many ideas that you can hardly cope
Ah... why I signed up
It’s your first time, this is your trip and it’s mine
You woke an hour early, it’s my hometown
This is why I signed up
Two pairs of jeans, a long overcoat, five plaid shirts
But you are from Scotland not Nashville, Tennessee, there’s no pick-up truck
But in the car there’s a banjo and twenty CDs of Neil Young’s
This is why I signed up
Two hours to the show, you’re looking up lyrics to songs you wrote
The front-man puts his head on, this persona you sometimes forget
“It’s an act I believe in,” he says, “going for three years strong”
“This is why I signed up”
You try to record, taking pictures from town to town
And you've not been bored for months now, things are moving fast
And you've got so many ideas that you can hardly cope
Ah... why I signed up
credits
from Leaving Town,
track released December 3, 2011
Jack James - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Percussion
Jack James - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bass, Percussion
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Jack James Glasgow
Rangy songwriter.
“From Neil Young... by way of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, to Arab Strap, without the
charming vulgarity”
-The Herald
"Sounding more like a Scottish Leonard Cohen than ever"
-Scots Whay Hae
"Jack James may be doomed"
-The List
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