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The Gusto Session

by David Schaak

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We used to feel like family once a year Exchanging gifts for pleasant atmosphere We’re older now and the giving’s overdue What do I give when there’s nothing I can do? How can we start again? When you’re fighting for a future to attend There’s nothing I can do Nothing I can do How could the nothing I can do be of any use to you? I heard the news that no one wants to hear But can it mend the ties and draw us near It sounds like such a selfish thing to say But I'm trying not to think the other way How can we start again? When you’re fighting for a future to attend There’s nothing I can do Nothing I can do How could the nothing I can do be of any use to you? We could feel like family once again Instead I write my little songs and play pretend Is there something I can do? Is there something I can do? ‘Cause all that nothing I could do Probably means the world to you
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You loved your own free will It kept your weekends full Of spite, booze and hatred Saw weakness in tears You used to see so damn clear Now your vision’s fading When you were young and wise you stood for all the wrong things But your friends still get a kick from all the fight Why choose to grab the beer and drink the venom When you could up-and-leave and help to set things right Learn to love the voices in your head Cause friends don't say the things that should be said Learn to love the voices in your head Sometimes the world will lead you on instead The voices live here anyway Learn to love the voices in your head You bought an old black Strat Taught yourself a Hendrix track Wrote a song about freedom Formed a teenage band Saw some local demand And then you all got older So you found a job and pretended you’re all grown-up Then you find all grown-ups live their lives in fear All you friends seemed in a rush to join the system From below your bed the old black Strat did re-appear Learn to love the voices in your head Cause friends don't say the things that should be said Learn to love the voices in your head Cause the world will try and crush your dreams instead The voices live here anyway Learn to love the voices in your head You had faith in the sky Never did ask them why So you sat there waiting Learned to sing the songs Tried to do no wrong But the faith is fading Now’s the time to take back Sunday morning Because real love’s only found outside the book You never met the man you learnt to follow Though a gracious man would let you off the hook Learn to love the voices in your head Cause friends don't say the things that should be said Learn to love the voices in your head God’s not there to meet you when you’re dead The voices live here anyway Learn to love the voices in your head

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Recorded on a cold Friday afternoon, at Gusto Music, deep in the heart of South Melbourne.

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released July 12, 2016

Written and performed by David Schaak.
Recorded at Gusto Music.
Copyright 2016.

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David Schaak Brisbane, Australia

“I love it when music can boil down to the basics. Raw, gritty and full of heart this song comes from the darker reaches of the heart.”
- Nkechi Anele, Triple J

David Schaak loves nothing more than great lyrics, loud guitars and old technology. His music captures the Southern Rock spirit; simple songs about the human condition, played by a good old rock and roll band.
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