Name: Awake Asleep
Duration: P00H03M14S
Description: I made the instrumental bed for this song and then sat in front of my mic one night, very quietly, and just 'said the stuff I said' pretty much in one motion. I like working like this at night, very quietly and close-mic'd with the headphones fairly cranked. It feels like you're in your head.

Awake Asleep

from We'll Get There First by Wilfred N & the Grown Men

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I made the instrumental bed for this song and then sat in front of my mic one night, very quietly, and just 'said the stuff I said' pretty much in one motion. I like working like this at night, very quietly and close-mic'd with the headphones fairly cranked. It feels like you're in your head.

lyrics

Crunch time Crunch time

I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
Awake – asleep

Good to be alive, good to be alive, good to be alive
Good to be alive

I was awake – I was asleep
Awake – asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
Awake

I gotta catch up (do it, do it, do it, do it)

I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake

(musical interlude)

July has passed
September, September, September
(do it, do it, do it)

I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
Awake . . . asleep

Good to be alive, good to be alive, good to be alive
Good to be alive

Winter is here, yeah winter is here
I lie awake and I wait for . . . for Spring (do it, do it)

I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
I was awake – I was asleep
Asleep . . . sleep . . . sleep . . . sleep
Alright now, wake up

Copyright, ©, 2017, by Wilfred Kozub (SOCAN)

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from We'll Get There First, track released October 22, 2019
Wilfred Kozub - basic keyboard tracks, vocals, acoustic guitar
Christine Hanson - cellos

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Wilfred N & the Grown Men Edmonton, Alberta

Wilfred N & the Grown Men are a pop/rock institution in their home town of Edmonton, Canada. With roots in the New Wave scene of the early 80s, the group reliably offers up a striking set of tuneful and significant new songs of imagination and depth.

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