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This is track 11 on my album written and recorded during the month of February 2021 as part of the annual February Album Writing Month challenge, asking participants to write 14 songs in 28 days. Rules can be found at fawm.org/help/.

The album A Million Boxes is inspired by personal life events and plays in chronological order. All of these tracks were recorded in one take using my phone and the DolbyOn app. Most songs were written in under an hour.

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I’ve always been told I’m a great pretender
Nowhere to go and too much steam
But I’m just waiting for my ever-after
In spite of myself and everything

Oh my God, what a waste of summer
Everything’s gone to shit they say
But I don’t mind the taste of winter
Or June bugs coming around in May

Every love song has a story
Every sad song has one too
I’m just looking for my ever-after
So I won’t waste any time on you

But what if I want to
What if I want to
What if I want to
What if I want to

Forty summers and the sweat to show it
Bathing suits hung out to dry
Where you doing with that face for pictures
Another love but you don’t know why

But what if you want to
What if you want to
What if you want to
What if you want to

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from A Million Boxes, released March 1, 2021
Lyrics and music by Amber Neff

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Called “Perhaps the best folk duo our region has to offer” (The Historic Southgate House), Shiny and the Spoon give off the warmth and intimacy of the likes of Johnny Cash and June Carter, with transcendent vocals and a vibrant acoustic core, complimented by sprinklings of ukulele, guitar, harmonica, and boot-stomping. ... more

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