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We Love to Hate the Ones We Love

from AMERICAN TALES by Johnny Bee

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    Johnny Bee, a New York-born singer/songwriter now living in London, takes a proud look at his American roots with these tales of swamp voodoo, punk New York, brave soldiers, barefoot summers, subway love, no-hope bars, shootin' Redcoats, families at war, a prayer for Dixie and the ever-hazardous pursuit of happiness. Genre: Americana/Alt Country/Blues

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Families at war
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Me and my daddy
didn’t get along much
Fightin’ over
every little
such and such
I liked peace and
he liked war
and we used
to fight until
we couldn’t
no more.

He was a wartime
Navy man, and
I didn’t want to
go to Viet Nam,
Nobody there ever
done me no harm,
He said ‘Do your duty,
whether it’s right or
wrong’.

I... think I know why
I know why
we push and we shove
Cuz we love to hate
the ones that we love.

Then I had a dream
that changed my game
He was drownin’
and he called my name
I looked around, there
was no-one to blame
I couldn’t save him,
I was too far away

Then he went and died
in his sleep one night
There was no chance
to make things right
i still argue with him
in my head,
It’s a way of stayin’ friends
I... think I know why...

Now it doesn’t matter
who was right or wrong
All that matters is that
you belong
Say what you mean
and mean what you
say cuz you never know
when they’re gonna
cart you away.

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from AMERICAN TALES, track released March 15, 2015
Vocals and guitar: Johnny Bee. Recorded by Sean Read at Famous Times Studio, Hackney, London. Photographs: Michael Donald. Design: Johnny Bee. Songs copyright 2015 John Rogers Belknap aka Johnny Bee, PRS, PPL, all rights reserved.

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Johnny Bee London, UK

Johnny Bee is a newspaperman and songwriter. His New York band played at CBGBs in the 1970s, supporting the Ramones, Blondie, and Talking Heads while he worked for the Village Voice. He moved to London, worked on Fleet St, and played with psychobilly band the Highliners at Glastonbury and Endorse-It-In-Dorset. He later formed Johnny and the Bees (also on Bandcamp). This is his first solo album. ... more

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