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Never Grow Old

from Never Grow Old by The Rivergods

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NEVER GROW OLD
Words/music by Ben Parent © 2014

I woke up that morning
With the strangest of feelings
Like I’d done something wrong
I’d been caught stealing
I looked to my left
To where she lay dreaming
Wondering what’s happening there

Sometimes you feel guilty
‘Til your innocence
Comes shining on through
Like providence
Another victim of good intentions
Left sitting alone
On the vine

Everyone likes to tell you
It’ll be alright
Everyone likes to tell you
It’ll be alright
But it won’t

So never grow old
Never slow down
Never say when
You won’t always be around
And when you’re flying high
May you never come down
When your ship sets sail
May it never run aground

When you’re young
There’s so much to spend
On tiny baubles, trite circumstance
Always think you’re line’s
gonna mend
Each and every time
That it breaks

But shiny new toys
Mean nothing to me now
Just give me a pardon
And let me go free
I’ll take a jubilee walk
Down to the sea
Maybe dip my soul in the Thames

I’m not gonna try and tell you
It’ll be alright
I’m not gonna try and tell you
It’ll be alright
‘Cause it won’t

So never grow old
Never slow down
Never say when
You won’t always be around
And when you’re flying high
May you never come down
When your ship sets sail
May it never run aground

I used to know better
But now I don’t know
Can’t see to be seen
Can’t get back in the flow
Still not used to living
This life that I know
I’ve been scratching out for years

So carry on, boys
Don’t you tarry
It all gets different
When you settle and marry
Be like the winds,
Ride where they carry you
Don’t drop anchor too soon

They like to say it’s
Wasted on the young
They like to say that youth
Is wasted on the young
‘Cause it is
So never grow old
Never slow down
Never say when
You won’t always be around
And when you’re climbing high
May you never come down
When your ship sets sail
May it never run aground

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from Never Grow Old, released January 25, 2014
Recorded at Stonewall Studios, North Stonington, CT 2013
Tracked, mixed and mastered by “Master” Dennis Walley

Produced by Dennis Walley & Ben Parent

Ben Parent: lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars, dobro, banjo, harmonica, vocals
Nancy Parent: acoustic guitar, vocals
Dan Spano: organ
Mike Palazzolo: bass
Trevor Chandonnait: drum kit

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The Rivergods New London, Connecticut

The Rivergods are an original band based in southeastern CT that has played its own heartfelt harmony-rich folky/rootsy/rockish music (and occasionally others) since 1997. The Rivergods are fronted by husband/wife songwriters, Ben and Nancy Parent, and the band includes some of the finest, most talented players in the region. We have several albums out… available right here on Bandcamp! Enjoy. ... more

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