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Separate Ways

from What I'm Lookin' For by Dan Weber

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    "You know, looking back on it, the songs on ‘What I’m Lookin’ For’ aren’t just where I was ‘at’ in the past few years, but where I was headed as well. There’s a lot more of ‘me’ in these songs than there was in ‘Ash and Bone’. They say ‘courage comes in many forms’ but mostly it came from fans, friends and all the great folks I’ve met along the way who came to shows and shared a kind word or two. More than anything, that’s what keeps me going.

    This collection of songs is a ‘Family’ of sorts, including some shirt-tail cousins and loud uncles that came to the annual reunion mostly for the home cooking and free drinks. They told stories that you couldn’t help listening to and laughing at even though you secretly knew they weren’t 100% true. They’re a family of doers and dreamers; mothers and daughters; bankers, brothers, welders, Texans and truckers. They’re alcoholics, workaholics, Californians, Christians, cowboys and customer service agents. And they’re singers, seekers, rogues, rodeo queens, fathers, sons and mother-in-laws who like everything from Woody Guthrie to Whitney Houston.

    But in the end, they’ll always be part of the family and like the rest of us they’re either running ‘from’ something or ‘to’ something. Some of ‘em left the reunion early, some stayed longer than they probably should have, but all of them marched to the beat of whatever drummer they heard and headed in the direction they wanted to, or needed to go.

    When I left the party, I backtracked through downtown, along Main Street. I stopped in the hardware store, one of the quintessential small-town varieties that sells a little bit of everything, and picked up a paper bag of loose nails, a couple packages of AA batteries and a fifth of bourbon from the shelf behind the counter. I made small talk with the gal while she rang things up, mostly about the weather and things we couldn’t do anything about. As I was talking to her I somehow couldn’t escape the feeling, that for the first time in a long time, this was where I was supposed to be.

    After I paid, I walked out into the late afternoon sun, with a couple hours of daylight still left, and got in the truck and headed down the road. Guess I Ain’t Done Ramblin’ Yet after all…"

    ~ Dan
    Veterans Day, 2014

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about

This was inspired by a particularly unfortunate incident in which I rented your standard $19.99 a day U-Haul and ended up owing them more than $1,500 when the truck broke down. I wanted to write a funny song called ‘I owe U-Haul’ but failed and ended up instead writing a breakup song instead. This was the ‘orphan child’ in the studio; the one no one knew what to make of it. At some point the brilliant Jean-Pierre Garau came in and sat down on the piano and we recorded it more or less live and let the chips fall where they may. If you’re reading this, then I apparently I decided to include this orphan on the record. If not, then no one but me will know…

Special ‘Thanks’ to Vicki Ambinder. Back when this was an ‘Up-tempo Country rocker’ I told her I thought it should be ‘faster’ and she said ‘Oh I think just the opposite’. And as usual, Vicki was right…

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Separate Ways
By Dan Weber © 2015 Highway142Music (ASCAP)

When there was nothin’ left, on moving day
But one last goodbye, with nothin’ to say
I stood there in the driveway, and I knew
‘Cause even though, it’d been comin’ for months
I didn’t think, it would hurt this much
Packed the rest, of my stuff, feelin’ blue...

Chorus:
We’ve been goin’ our Separate Ways
Long before the truck came today
So I can’t believe I feel this way, but I do

I called my friends; you put down the rugs
To try an keep the carpet, from the mud
The forecast promised sun, all week
And while you made coffee, I cracked a beer
It’s gotta be close, to noon somewhere
Or anyplace else, I’d rather be...

Chorus:
We’ve been goin’ our Separate Ways
Long before the truck came today
So I can’t believe I feel this way, but I do
Now that day has finally come
Girl I’m gonna miss you some
We really did have some fun
Before, we went our Separate Ways

It’s hard to say, when we knew for sure
I guess I won’t, need your key anymore

Stick shift in this old U-Haul
Ease the clutch, so she won’t stall
There’s liquor boxes, riding tall, and busting at the seams
Though it seems like it’s the perfect day
To make a clean getaway
Some memories seem to stay, longer than you need

Repeat Chorus

credits

from What I'm Lookin' For, track released March 21, 2015
Dan Weber: Lead Vocals
Jean-Pierre Garau: Piano

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Dan Weber Richardson, Texas

Dan Weber is an Award Winning songwriter who's been described as "reminiscent of early John Prine."

In 2019, Dan was the winner of the prestigious Woody Guthrie songwriting contest and in 2021 he was named a rare 4 time finalist in the legendary Kerrville ‘New Folk’ songwriting competition.

In 2022, he released 'The Way the River Goes', his best work yet. Dan currently lives near Dallas, Texas.
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