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This was the second of two songs (Two Ties) that I wrote when my friend and Gaucho band mate Ralph Carney died suddenly in late December 2017. I had a couple occasions across the first couple weeks in his passing where I was certain I’d experienced a ghost, so I’d begun to kind of talk to him and quickly had a lyric in my head and heart about him but turned the direction of the song into more of a romantic break up.

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Last night I dreamt you left me
On a boat long and tall
Stared into your eyes
Didn’t know you at all.

Captain rang the bell
Bringing everyone around
Watched my heart breaking
As you drifted out of town.

Next night I dreamt you kissed me
On a bicycle for two
Telling me how you missed me
I confessed I missed you too.

Take me to the station
Back to Omaha
Thinking about my salvation
I don’t wanna fall.

Now you know my story
I keep it close to me
Too many lovers bound for glory
Too many lost out at sea.

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from Daddy's High Again, released October 9, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Dave Ricketts
Mixed and Mastered by Ted Savarese

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Dave Ricketts San Francisco, California

Dave Ricketts, guitarist, singer, composer and Gaucho Jazz bandleader. Dave's musical path is broad, he grew up playing trumpet in band class and guitar in his own band, his early loves being the Beatles and Louis Armstrong. Dave tours regularly and has performed with many great contemporary musicians including Dan Hicks, David Grisman, and Father Guido Sarducci. ... more

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