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From Dan:
This is a song about change, and some attempt to get ahead (or behind) the wave it presents. In 2011 I had left Austin, moving 20 miles east in an attempt to escape the city. I soon found the city catching up with me, so in 2018 my partner and I purchased 25 acres near Fredericksburg, about an hour and a half west of the city. On weekends and any available free time I would drive out to the land to begin planning our future residence and farm. As I would head west through the developing suburbs of a fast expanding metropolis, somewhere past Dripping Springs I would turn off of the highway and take backroads to our place, the stress and anxiety slipping away with rolled down windows and no hurry to get there. On one of these drives the phrase “ I don’t miss you at Austin” came about and I held on to it until Kelley and I were able to sit and flesh out a song. It might come across as a diss to Austin or Houston or the other large cities in Texas (or anywhere) but really it’s a bittersweet acknowledgement of inevitable change, one that occurs everywhere, even the places in which we are trying to escape. I guess the human migration knows no bounds, and we may only seek our peace (piece) as fate and intuition guides us.
From Kelley:
When Dan played what he had of the chorus, I could immediately relate and was excited to write this with him. I have lived in Austin for almost 14 years and I have bore witness to massive changes in our city both physically and economically but also with the people that live here now. Don’t get me wrong, Austin is still my home, and there is nowhere else I would rather live and work as a musician. But, this inevitable change has definitely pushed some folks out to the country, like Dan. So, this song isn’t meant to be a slam on the some major cities of Texas, but rather a shout out to those who’ve moved to the rural areas. And a love song, to the nostalgia I have for my first 5 years here as an up and coming Austin musician, and also a nod to the simplicity of small town Texas livin’. With a little bit of humor, of course. :)
lyrics
(Chorus)
Don’t miss you at Austin
Can’t handle Houston
And I already lost one in old San Antone
Well, you’re not the first one
You won’t be the last one
I don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at all
This never was a real big city
I could call them all and they would come meet me
Down at the bar on Lamar Boulevard
I didn’t waste no one’s time
No one never was a friend of mine
It was all just fine, we had a real good time
Cars and canyons, suddenly surround all around us
I can’t tell where my right and my left is
Skylines rising, bright lights blinding
I need a parking spot but I can’t find one
I ain’t lying, I wanna love you
But every time I try there’s another one of ya
I do think you’ve worn my welcome thin.
(Chorus)
Don’t miss you at Austin
Can’t handle Houston
And I’ve already lost one in old San Antone
Well, you’re not the first one
You won’t be the last one
I don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at all
Time goes on, everything’s changing
Tide rolls on, keeps rearranging
All I’ve known and ever knew before
Where do we go, what’s the direction
Show me the road I need a connection
If I could just get thru this intersection
I’d be gone, I’ll see you so long
I ain’t lying, I wanna love ya
But every time I try, there’s another one of ya
I do think you’ve worn my patience thin
Yeah
(Chorus)
Don’t miss you at Austin
Can’t handle Houston
And I’ve already lost one in old San Antone
Well, you’re not the first one
You won’t be the last one
I don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at all
Don’t miss you at Austin
Say hell no to Houston
It’s too far to Marfa and ole El Paso
I’ll pass on Dallas
Gotta say no to Waco
Don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at all
Don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at all
I don’t miss you at Austin
I don’t miss you at….Austin
credits
released November 19, 2021
Produced and Engineered: Jonathan Tyler at Clyde’s VIP Room
Mixed: Matt Schuessler at the Soup Machine
Mastered: Mike Poole at HiQ Recording
Drums: Josh Greco
Bass: Drew Scherger
Acoustic Guitar: Dan Dyer
Lead Vocals: Kelley and Dan
Clarinet: David "Jelly" Jellema
Piano: Trevor Nealon
Mandolin and Fiddle: Cody Braun
Photography: Todd V Wolfson
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