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Probably the closest thing we have to a straight up love song. I wrote “First Dates and Funerals” exploring what it’d be like to fall in love again, as terrifying as that seemed to me at the time.

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I’ll wear the shirt
I save
For funerals and first dates
I’ll act like nothing matters
At all
But inside I’m saving stories
That we’ll tell to granddaughters someday
Oh but hey
That’s if we’re around that long
And they don’t go and drop the bomb
And we all
Fade away
On a mushroom in the clouds
Oh Lord, did I say that out loud?
What did you,
Just say?
Well I guess it’s time to order and I
Oughta shut my mouth

It’s just chemicals
That are making me feel this way
Bunch of misfiring hormones
In the back of my brain
But I can’t help but stare
At the lights coming off your face
Bunch of misfiring hormones
In the back of my brain

I’ll wear the shirt
I save
For first dates and funerals
I’ve got nothing to lose but my name
Oh but hey
I never liked it any way
I was wondering if you might wanna take
It from me?
But if that’s too forward,
Maybe we could just share
I don’t mind
I,
Didn’t wanna fall in love
But would you look at where we are
Oh I, I
Didn’t wanna fall in love
But would you look at where we are

It’s just chemicals
That are making me feel this way
Bunch of misfiring hormones
In the back of my brain
But I can’t help but stare
At the lights coming off your face
Bunch of misfiring hormones
In the back of my brain

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from First Dates and Funerals, released April 1, 2021

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John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers Sydney, Australia

John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers are a four-piece alternative rock band from Sydney. With John’s crooning bass-baritone voice, and their unique blend of shoegaze and the blues (bluegaze if you will), the band hit hard with their high energy live sets. Their mix of introspective, existential lyrics, dreamy atmospheres, and cheery 80’s dance beats to get you feeling sad on the dance floor. ... more

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