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Free Electric Band

from Reel Ale by Treebeard

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Free Electric Band (Albert Hammond)
My father is a doctor he’s a family man
my mother works for charity when ever she can
they’re both good clean Americans who abide by the law
they both stick up for liberty & they both support the war
my happiness was paid for when they laid their money down
for summers in a summer camp and winters in the town
my future in the system was talked about and planed
but I gave it up for music and the free electric band

I went to school in hand washed shirts & neatly oiled hair
and the school was big and newly built and filled with light & air
& the teachers taught us values that we had to learn to keep
and they clipped the ear of many idle kids who went to sleep
my father organised for me a college in the east
but I went to California the sunshine & the beach
my parents and my lecturers could never understand
why I gave it up for music & the free electric band

They used to sit and speculate about their sons career
a lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer
just give me bread and water & a guitar in my hand
cos all I need is music and the free electric band

my father sends me money and i spend it very fast
on a girl I met in Berkley in a social science class
and we learned about her body but her mind we did not know
until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to show
she wanted to get married even though she’d never said
and I knew her well enough by not to see inside her head
she’d settle for suburbia and a little parch of land
so i gave her up for music and the free electric band

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from Reel Ale, released April 1, 2010
Albert Hammond

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Treebeard Sheffield, UK

Treebeard play original compositions as well as a selection of rock, pop, & folk songs & tunes on a variety of acoustic instruments.

They are regulars on the beer festival circuit, and describe their style as 'Heavy Wood'. They released their second CD 'Reel Ale’ on Gabadon Records in April 2010.

They are currently working on tracks for a new CD. ... more

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