Name: Swinging for the Fences
Duration: P00H03M53S
Description: Produced by Devon Dawson (Local Natives) with mixing from Greg Giorgio (The National, Kurt Vile), the first single from Boston indie veteran John Shakespear's debut solo LP blends lush arrangements with striking lyricism.

Swinging for the Fences

by John Shakespear

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Produced by Devon Dawson (Local Natives) with mixing from Greg Giorgio (The National, Kurt Vile), the first single from Boston indie veteran John Shakespear's debut solo LP blends lush arrangements with striking lyricism.

lyrics

I was a kid then, man that was back when
I had a picture of me and my girlfriend
We were headed west,
she was in a sundress.

I was a firebrand looking for a good war
I was a whole damn town that don't know what to live for
I was a baseball star
It didn't get me far

So the money that I had, well I spent it
And that house up on the hill, well I rent it
'cause I'm swinging, yes I'm swinging for the fences
once again, once again.

I like to feel the clean crack of a ball against a wood bat
watch it soar through the air what a sight to look at
And out into the stands,
the fans'll understand

That the money that I had, well I spent it
And that house up on the hill, well I rent it
'cause I'm swinging, yes I'm swinging for the fences
once again, once again.

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released January 25, 2018
Produced and engineered by Devon Dawson at BearTone Studio (Waltham, MA).

Mixed by Greg Giorgio at Tarquin Studios (Bridgeport, CT)

LEAD GUITAR: Sam Wilson
CELLO: Nate Taylor
VIOLIN: John Helyar
BASS GUITAR: Alex LaRue
DRUMS: Greg Hum
VOX/GUITARS: John Shakespear

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John Shakespear Brooklyn, New York

John Shakespear writes albums that tell a story from start to finish. The next one, 'Hail Bohemia,' comes out on May 17.

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