We are playing the Lakeside Lounge on Friday April 9.  At Ed’s request, we’ll be playing “The Empire Falls” off of our album “Low”.  

It’s one of three songs on that record that begin with the word “Don’t”.  

It’s also one of the bunch of songs that I wrote in a weekend flurry of songwriting.  Most of those songs ended up on Low.  I’d recently gotten married, but at the same time it seemed like the rest of the world was falling apart politically.  The whole record deals with that issue, but particularly this song.  I’m kind of proud of both verses:

Don’t talk..Don’t say a word…I’m so sick of the government…sick of talking about the government…sick of thinking about the government…I just want you.

Don’t fret…Don’t worry your mind..If the sky will fall, let it go…when it crashes down we’re sure to know…so put a record on the stereo and stay right here.

I’ll post the early demo in the next few days.