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8 August 2024

Big Thief started a short tour in Europe last night (finally I’ll see them for the
first time, next week in Antwerp). As reported before they’ll play several new
songs.

All BT fans know, of course, that frontwoman ADRIANNE LENKER
released her 6th, much lauded solo album, called Bright Future
earlier this year.

One of the new songs from the sessions, titled ONCE A BUNCH
only appeared as a bonus track on the LP’s Japanese CD edition.

It’s a song she has be playing live, solo and with Big Thief,
since 2021, and it gets a proper single release now.

It’s a sprightly cowboy song to sing along
with your friends in your local pub/bar/café.

Here we go.

[Verse 1]
Once a buncha times I took it to heart
Everything you told me I took it apart
I pulled you in, I pushed you out right from the start
I was leaving before I’d arrived

[Verse 2]
Eyes magnetic, that moldavite flame
Stopping the traffic, all six lanes
Calling me baby, barely saying my name
I was leaving before I’d arrived

[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance

[Verse 3]
On a Tuesday in August, I was holding your hand
Wednesday in August, I was playing with my band
Thursday in August, I was making a plan
Then I shut like a shuttеred Friday

[Verse 4]
Your lips are elеctric like lightning and rain
Your tastes are eclectic, multigrain
You pull on my shoestrings and you open my brain
But I was leaving before I’d arrived

[Verse 5]
We could talk for hours, I could buy you flowers
We could switch off in movies and switch off in showers
We can turn it up and turn it down, watch Austin Powers
I was leaving before I’d arrived

[Verse 6]
I can take a small thing and blow it up real big
I couldn’t fit it in my wallet, I couldn’t fit it in my rig
I can twist it out and twist it in, I can really dig
About leaving before I’ve arrived

[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance

[Verse 7]
Well you believe in me some, you believe in me a lot
You see all the good stuff I seem to have forgot
You can cheer me up and calm me down, you know the spot
You say “Honey, won’t you stay a little while?”

[Verse 8]
And you can make me smile just by looking around
You take me to the invisible lost and found
Where I can find a sweater or an old love letter
About “leaving before I arrive”

[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance

[Verse 9]
We can pancake a nickel, we can flapjack a dime
We can waffle a tickle, french toast wine
We can take in bacon, sunshine
Tea off with a coffee and a tan

[Chorus]
Half a margarita, have a little dance
Let’s fine dine the demons and give peace a chance
Let’s fine dine the demons and save all the ants

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