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Now Or Never

from Now Or Never by Blues Arcadia

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about

Originally called Rue-des-Douves (street of the doves) because that was the title of the voice memo Harv sent to me which tagged his location in a village in France when we started writing this song.
Some people try to reinvent themselves constantly, moving from place to place to start again after blowing up whatever life or relationships they had before, leaving a trail of destruction behind them... As tempting as that is NOw Or Never is about how no matter where you are, you'll always wake up with the same struggles and the same opportunities to make the best of whatever life throws at you. In the end, it's all the same.

lyrics

Everybody wants to
Be your long-lost pal
Everybody wants to know your name
And everybody thinks you're a shooting star
But everything you touch goes down in flames
And nobody knows who you are
But you’re the only one who knows where you’ve been

Don’t keep looking back...
It won’t ever be the same again
Get what you want, it won’t ever feel the same...
Never

Oh, the sirens scream under the overpass
This city is crying out for you
Somebody stumbles on the cobblestones
Of the street that wind around you like a noose
And some people think, it’s all just a game to play
But them that’s got to win have
Got to lose

Don’t keep looking back...
It won’t ever be the same again
Get what you want, it won’t ever feel the same...

Blind your eyes so this king falls again.
Kill your love. We won’t ever know your name.
Never, oh no
It’s Now or Never

credits

from Now Or Never, track released February 14, 2023
Recorded and mixed by Jeff Lovejoy at Blackbox Studios, Moorooka QLD
Additional recording by Casper Hall at Sound Out Studios, Morningside QLD (www.soundoutstudios.com.au)
Produced by Blues Arcadia and Jeff Lovejoy
Mastered by Matthew Grey, Brisbane QLD (www.matthewgraymastering.com)
All songs: Boyle/ Harvey

Artwork by Ben Clarke (www.benclark.com.au)
Photography by Jack Venables (www.dontsaycheese.com.au)

Blues Arcadia are:
Alan Boyle - vocals
Chris Harvey - guitars
Jeremy Klysz - bass
Paula Girvan - piano and keys
Casper Hall - drums, percussion and backing vocals

Trumpet: Clint Allen
Tenor saxophone: Cassie Whitehead
Baritone saxophone: Alex Price
Horn arrangements by Alex Price and Blues Arcadia

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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia

Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more

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