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He Let His Guard Down b​/​w Small Victories

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by Jay Sherman-Godfrey

 
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He Let His Guard Down 03:06
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Small Victories 03:10
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The third in a series of digital singles fresh from the Able Mobile Recording Lab.

He Let His Guard Down:

Phoebe Summersquash – drums
Chris Erikson – 12-string electric guitar
Laura Cantrell – vocal
Jay Sherman-Godfrey – vocal, guitars, organ, Arp

Small Victories:

Nancy Polstein – drums
Jeremy Chatzky – bass
Ted Barron – electric guitar
Jon Graboff – pedal steel guitar
Bob Byrne – piano
Joe McGinty – organ
Cheri Leone – vocal
Jay Sherman-Godfrey – vocal, acoustic guitar

Recorded by JSG at Able Mobile HQ and Chatzkill Studio and Kieran Kelly at The Buddy Project. Mastered by Paul Gold/Salt Mastering.

Design by Mark Paul.

An Able Mobile Recording Lab Production.

All songs by Jay Sherman-Godfrey
Copyright 2010 Kalamakeepsie Music, BMI (admin. by BUG).

Veteran producer/songwriter/guitarist Jay Sherman-Godfrey released his solo debut EP "Twoscore" in 2006. He produced and played on two acclaimed CDs for Laura Cantrell and has recorded and performed with They Might Be Giants, Tandy, Amy Rigby, Michael Shelley, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, and Mojo Nixon, among many others. In the early 1980s, he co-founded the seminal NYC country-rock band World Famous Blue Jays, and with the band’s leader, Jeremy Tepper, helped establish and run Diesel Only Records. He returns to Diesel Only’s 7” single heritage with this new series of virtual 45s, each with custom label and sleeve artwork.

Since 1996, Able Mobile Recording Lab has been Sherman-Godfrey’s ad hoc studio, capturing human, wood, wire and tube powered performances in lofts, bedrooms, kitchens, gymnasiums, barns -- anywhere with a plug, like-minded musicians, and favorable ambiance. In 2008, Able Mobile found a semi-permanent home in Greenpoint Brooklyn, sharing space with Joe McGinty’s Carousel Vintage Keyboard Studio.
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Track Name: He Let His Guard Down
He let his guard down
For the first time in his life
Head full of second thoughts
Somehow the words came out in time
She never bought his act
His sullen cool just made her laugh
But she always let him go
She always let him come back

It took so long to chip away his hardened shell
And when he was revealed seemed only she could tell

He never asked for it
It came over like a wave
From that scratchy 45
A sound like the end of days
He bounced from here to there
Always listening for that sound
Managed to find a trade
But he could not settle down

Found kindred spirits for a fleeting golden age
But he kept chasing that sound and watched the others fade

It seems absurd to sing those songs
So full of young and hopeful rage
He finds no solace on the stage

Now he’s just tired
But he can’t sleep
It helps to walk
But he no longer knows these streets
A far cry from ‘79
That was his big time
All through by ‘82
But it was still good to be alive

Is it too late now to put back that stony shell?
He needs it now but she left too big a hole to fill

He let his guard down just long enough to let go
He called her name once more
Track Name: Small Victories
Savor small victories
It's all you get
You're not free yet
Did you forget your promises?

You think you might run away
But is that really what you want to be?
A fugitive, a refugee?

Still you think twice 'cus you can't go home
Once the battle has been joined
The diplomats have been sent away
And the flags are raised

You can't lay down your arms

Savor small victories
The quiet triumphs
That no one sees
'Cus you don't have to prove a thing

I know you know there's a better way
But don't let your dreams take you too far away
We need you all here today

You stood fast but they took the high ground
Now it's just a matter of time
The runners have been sent
There's no one left to come to your defense
You pay the consequence alone

But you can't lay down your arms