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Better Man

from Me Daza by Reid Jamieson

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on being a man in today's world without a road map

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So hard to be the better man
Takes all you can to make a stand
Sometimes you can’t get up again
A chore to shake the upper hand

You might get by without a plan
Can always take the test again
Until they make you pay the man
You’re gonna fake the confidence

In the end
It’s not worth knowing
You just pretend
You know where you’re going
Get back up again
But you’re always falling down

So hard to be the better man
You play it safe yet still offend
Wait around till the weekend
Where you can break
instead of bend

You hang on ‘til the bitter end
Give what it takes
and make amends
There’s no check out just try again
And hope that you still want it then

In the end
It’s not worth knowing
You just pretend
You know where you’re going
Get back up again
But you’re always falling down

(even further than you
thought you’d be)
always falling down
(they catch you sleeping
there’s no time to bleed
always falling down
(there’s always someone
you forgot to be…)

So hard to be the better man
Takes all you can to make a stand
Sometimes you can’t get up again
A chore to shake the upper hand

credits

from Me Daza, released March 22, 2019
Recorded and Produced by Kieran Kennedy in Schull, Co. Cork Ireland.
All songs written by Reid Jamieson and Carolyn Victoria Mill,
except ‘Don’t Go Down’ by Fergus O’Farrell and Glen Hansard.
Mixed at home in Vancouver, BC Canada by Reido. Artwork by CVM.
Vocals by Reido. BG vocals and Gin-infused glockenspiel by CVM.
Improv piano parts by Vincent ‘The Chancer’ Collins.
All other instruments / sounds by KK and Reido.
Mastered by Elisa Pangsaeng at CPS.

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Reid Jamieson Vancouver, British Columbia

“Gorgeous, sun-struck acoustic soul” – Globe & Mail. Vancouver’s Reid Jamieson is a vocal powerhouse committed to making music that moves us. Known for appearances on CBC’s Vinyl Café to recording with Cowboy Junkies, they shine with compelling originals, plus killer covers. The latest is a new original album ‘Me Daza’ recorded in Ireland, and with a timely tribute to John Lennon JOHN 20:20. ... more

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