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No Place Like Home

from The Great Destroyer by Jim Dead

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It took me ten years to finish this. I started writing this just after Ten Fires, but in all that time, despite knowing where it was going (or should go) I never got past the first verse. It just never came together. Naturally when I first had the idea of The Great Destroyer this was the first song I turned to. Or completed. It felt like the rest of the story wrote itself. I think there were nine or ten verses in total. All of them of varying quality, right enough, so I shortened it.

Unsurprisingly it’s probably the most Jim Dead sounding of the tracks here. When Craig + I got the take down it was about nine minutes long. Loads of hanging guitar + such. I heard it being about eleven minutes long. Just swelling guitar - feedback... a distorted lead... maybe going all Toto or Crazy Horse. Or both. That kind of thing. Maybe that just wouldn’t have served the song, though.

My oldest pal Kev (of Glasgow alt-rock band Southpaw) heard the working mix and offered to record a bass track. He recorded the part at his home and sent the file to Craig, who then threw down the drum on top. Hearing the swagger the parts added, I re-recording the vocal.

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we drove all night to the devil’s den
told stories about what happened way back when
there was nothing to be afraid of except for what chased us
and we didn’t know what that was until it caught us

we climbed trees and skipped stones across the pond
we climbed the school building while they shouted “get down”
we were friends till the end or until it got dark
and we sang songs as we walked back home

we drove all night till the edge of town
you said you felt sick, so we rolled the windows down
we saw a sign that said REST STOP 8 MILES AHEAD
you straightened your tie and dragged a comb through your hair

we stopped for a coffee and a slice of pie
grabbed the booth at the window and watched the world go by
you said you were sorry you were angry and unkind
you still howl at the moon, but you’ll be fine

there’s no place like home
i’m going home and I’ll be okay
i don’t know what happened, but we can talk along the way
there’s no place like home
“I’m going home” that’s what you say
But this land is unforgiving and we don’t know what lies ahead

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from The Great Destroyer, released September 9, 2022
guitar + voice: Jim
bass: Kevin Argue
drums: Craig M. Ferguson

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Jim Dead is an alt. country / rock musician / songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland, who has been performing his brand of dusty Americana in local taverns since 2009.

He has released 3 albums and an EP. His forthcoming album, The Great Destroyer, features contributions from members of Glasgow alt-rockers Southpaw, Traquair, The 1984 Draft’s Joe Anderl and King of the Stuntmen. ... more

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