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Written on New Years Day 2011, 'NY' has been a regular feature of Neil's solo sets since then and featured on the 'Ride The Tide' EP. The song became such a huge live favourite that a 'full band' version was released as an NS & The Infomaniacs single in 2017 and was then included in the 2018 'Geography & Luck' album. This sparse but warm early mix showcases the lyric and melody well. Recorded at home a few days after being written.

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Blowbacks and bongs, kicking back, trading songs
In a bedsit in a humble part of town
Long afternoons, singing long lost tunes
If only we had taken time to nail them down
We didn't stay in touch like we said we would
Maybe I could have done more, it's true
A lone star shining brightly in a sinister sky
Is how I always will remember you


Im always amazed by your flair on the green baize
You always hold your nerve to see it out
In sticky situations, intense complications
You'll save the day, it never was in doubt
Yours is the number that i'd always call
If my life was on the line
On more than one of my crashes
You picked up my pieces,
You'll always be a friend of mine
Through all of the good days, those heartbreaking sad days
You've always been a friend of mine


Do me a favour, pass this message on
Tell your sister i'm doing fine
She was there at the start, and lives on in my heart
And she'll always be a friend of mine


Motorway madness, frustration and sadness
As time began to steal what could have been
Busted guitars, one too many jaded bars
In the best band that nobody's ever seen
My thoughts drift back I hear a ringing chord
That gets me each and every time
To everybody in the band, let me shake you by the hand
You will always be a friend of mine
It's cold and empty on this stage, though now we're on a different page
You will always be a friend of mine
And through every mistake that we've watched each other make
You will always be a friend of mine

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from Painting Pictures In The Dark Volume Two, released July 13, 2013
Neil Sturgeon - Vocals, Guitars, Percussion.
Deborah Cooper - Vocals.

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Neil Sturgeon Glasgow, UK

NS & The Infomaniacs (based in the Central belt in Scotland)' released debut album 'Geography & Luck' in 2018 featuring radio favourites 'Break Me','Ride The Tide' & 'NY Reflection Song'. In 2021 the band released an EP, '24 Panels Of Light' followed by a double 'A' sided single 'I Just Wasn't Being Myself' / 'Weed Kingdom' in Feb 2022. Sturgeon also performs and releases music as a solo artist. ... more

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