FAMILY ALBUM

Story Behind The Song

Reminiscing, hanging out with a friend and taking pictures of life and the people in it, passing through. The wish to be part of all these people's lives and the process of developing and seeing this women fading on the overexposed photographic paper and from the person's life

Song Length 3:44 Genre Rock - Indie/Low-Fi, Pop - Rock
Subject Photography, Life Similar Artists Wilco, Beck, Paul Simon
Language English

Lyrics

FAMILY ALBUM

ALL SUMMER LONG WE WALKED DOWNTOWN
WE SHOT PHOTOS ON YOUR DAD'S NIKON
GOOD FRIENDS THAT CAME AND GONE
THEIR MEMORIES ON THE WALL
AND IN THE DARK ROOM WE WOULD SIT

YOUR BROTHER'S BAND
FOREVER FIXED IN TIME
WE MADE A GAME TO SHOOT
THE PASSERS WITH A FEISTY STYLE
HOMELESS LIVES REVEALED TO YOUR EYES
AS LOST ANGELS

CHORUS
I WISH I WAS IN YOUR FAMILY ALBUM

THE SUMMERTIME FELT LIKE FALL
WE SHOT THE LEAVES IN SEPIA TONES
AT NEGATIVES WE FROWNED
TO FIND THE PERFECT PICTURE
WE HANGED SOME SILLIES OF YOUR DOG

A COSMIC SHIRT A COMIC LOOK
WE SHOT IT ALL AND NOTHING WAS REVERENT
YOU SHOWED ME LOVE
ON THE FACES OF EVERYONE
A KEY TO THE HOUSE OF LOCKS

I WISH I WAS IN YOUR FAMILY ALBUM

PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER
LINES SLOWLY APPEAR
WHITE FADES TO BLACK
CAN'T DEFINE IF SHE'S THERE

I WISH I WAS IN YOUR FAMILY ALBUM
I WISH I WAS IN YOUR FAMILY ALBUM

© Remy deLaroque

Lyrics Remy de Laroque Music Remy de Laroque
Producer Remy de Laroque Performance Dan Strauss, Raymond Russell, Justin Hofmann, Remy de Laroque

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