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Just Shy Of Lonesome

from Straits by LJ Parks

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    Printed and manufactured by an Australian owned, carbon neutral small business. The CD includes all six tracks from the EP, with cover and back designs by LJ Parks, lovingly packaged and sent your way.

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    1x Straits CD (includes digital download)
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lyrics

There’s snow on the mountain
The wind keeps on howling
A strange winter song
Passers-by meet
In the bar across the street
To wait out the storm
Some drink for fun,
Others to numb
The frays of their soul
A seat by the fire
Makes the world brighter
As you shut out the cold

Let’s all go out on the town
While the night’s young
You can get wasted
We’ll dance to the band at the bar
Trouble will find me
If I spend tonight on my own
I’m just shy of lonesome
So pick up the phone

Solitary moon
A room with a view
And space to spread out
Living the dream
Or so it seems
Clouded with doubt
Are you still awake
‘Cause I just can’t shake
This lingering dread
Anxious and weary
Come and be near me
Bring me out of my head

Let’s all go out on the town
While the night’s young
You can get wasted
We’ll dance to the band at the bar
Trouble will find me
If I spend tonight on my own
I’m just shy of lonesome
So pick up the phone

I’m just shy of lonesome
So pick up the phone

credits

from Straits, released September 23, 2022
Produced by LJ Parks
Engineered and mixed by Dave Steel
Mastered by Tony "Jack the Bear" Mantz in naarm/Melbourne

LJ Parks - Vocals and acoustic guitar
Dave Steel - Dobro

Recorded in nipaluna (Hobart, Tasmania) on muwinina country

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LJ Parks Hobart, Australia

A powerful voice. Dynamic guitar riffs. Playfully wry lyrics, LJ Parks has engaged listeners from Hobart to Cairns and beyond, and has the accolades to show for it. Her newest EP was recorded with ARIA Award winning artist and producer Monique Brumby, and is both nostalgic and eminently relatable, influenced by contemporary folk and Oz rock. ... more

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