Reply #57: Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine

[enigmatic]

One of my true kindred souls in music:

http://www.richmondfontaine.com/

Willy's lyrics:

From the "Winnemucca" CD:

http://www.richmondfontaine.com/discography/lyrics/index.php?cd_id=1

From the "Lost Son" CD (my favorite record of theirs):

http://www.richmondfontaine.com/discography/lyrics/index.php?cd_id=4

From the "Miles From" CD:

http://www.richmondfontaine.com/discography/lyrics/index.php?cd_id=5

From the "Safety" CD:

http://www.richmondfontaine.com/discography/lyrics/index.php?cd_id=6

My all-time favorite lyric from Willy is probably "4 Hours Out"; not his best, but it speaks to me in many, many ways of my own life:


4 hours out, but I can't go back there
To A-Frames and quick build strip malls
And those panelled walls
Will become a distillery again under everyone's focus

13 cities, 7 years
Always uncertain, still unclear
It's a never ending haul of movement
Where nothing appeared right to me
It was barely in focus at all

4 hours out
Maybe my hair and blood will be against the
windshield
But I don't think I could get there either
And the people there will be the same
Knowing I couldn't make it alone
That I couldn't make it away
A-Frames will rise and the bricks will fall
But it'll be the same
Because I'm always the same

13 cities, 7 years
Always uncertain, still unclear
A never-ending haul of movement
Where nothing appeared except
13 cities, 7 years

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