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I Was Back In School Again

from Always Look On The Dark Side Of Life by Greg Segal

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I Was Back In School Again

G.S.: acoustic/electric/slide guitars, vocals. Lyrics written 6/24/86; music written early 1987. Recorded 3/4/87.

For years after graduation, around June or September I would have dreams of being back in school. (They came at other times too but those were the busy seasons.) Americans spend 12 to 14 years getting used to arranging our lives around a schedule and then suddenly one day everything changes. I didn't like school and couldn't wait to get out; but when it was gone a whole way of life ended, and there was something very haunting about that. I'm sure many people think about the way things could have been, or should have been; about what was better in those younger days vs. entering the workplace; about what was worse. A few months before recording this- when many of the lyrics for the album were being written (as poems)- I had another of these dreams. This was a strong one and I took the opportunity of getting it fixed to paper as quickly as I could after waking up.

As for the music, I wanted to create a quiet, haunting atmosphere like the one in the dream. It's a slow build, but hopefully you will find your patience is rewarded.

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from Always Look On The Dark Side Of Life, released September 18, 2015

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