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Minneapolis

from Minneapolis by Down And Outs

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This is a song which is both sad and uplifting and a change in tone from most of our other material.
In 2003, my old band Grampus Eight went to the USA to play gigs around the Midwest with our friends band Small Towns Burn a Little Slower. We met their friend Nikki, who came to a few of the shows, we all hung out a lot and got on well. A year later, we found out that she died in the most heartbreaking of circumstances - she was killed in a car crash, along with her two sisters, on their way to a pre-wedding party, a few days before her brother was to be wed.

When my friend Tommy told me about it, I was surprised at the wave of sadness that passed over me, as she was someone that I did not know well at all, but I realised that she was someone that was truly good and the world is a poorer place without her.

I tried to write a song about it, and it turned out positive - the thinking being that rather than being sad about the situation, we should think ourselves lucky that we ever got to know her, even just for a short while.

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The Twin Cities get so cold in November
But it got warmer when we saw your smile
And I think I will try to remember
All these moments just for a while

We took a ride in the back of a pick up
Wind in our hair and warmth in our hearts
Then we realised that it was our good luck
That we ever met you at all

In Minneapolis we gained more than we lost

Back to Como Avenue after the party
You had a drink so I drove your van
The connection you made with the friends around you
These moments must be grabbed with both hands

Now I look back I can hardly believe it
Taken from this world at such a young age
I don't believe in God but I believe in your spirit
Floating sweetly, freely uncaged

I'll reach across the sea and transmit thoughts of sorrow
She will live on inside our hearts, our thoughts, these words, I know

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from Minneapolis, track released January 5, 2008

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Down And Outs Liverpool, UK

Punk rock band from Liverpool. Just three mates making music and playing a few gigs now and again.

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