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Recorded and mixed by Bob Hoag at Flying Blanket recording in Mesa, Arizona over two days in November, 2011.
Everything tracked on a 1978 Neve 8078 console, using a 1940's RCA 44DX ribbon microphone.
All songs recorded live in one take, no edits, no overdubs, just me and a 1948 Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar.
All songs mixed to analog tape.

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"My Hotel Year" - Lyrics and Music: Kristopher Roe

I saw the stars fall from the sky
And watched the tail lights fade away,
As the sun began to witness a new day.

I drove five hundred thousand miles
To find a world unlike my own,
And now middle of nowhere seems like my home.

Alone, unknown... Yet fearing nothing but ourselves
Could be scarier than any crowded room.
I'm more alone with you than when I'm by myself.

Another night stuck on the vine,
Another low lit memory
Where time will slowly have it's way with me.

We live our lives to expect the worst
But once it happens what is left?
We will never have to be surprised again.

Just you and me not saying much of anything;
Sometimes could mean more than a thousand words.
Goodbye, farewell to this fucked up world that was my former self.

We never seem to have the time until we waste it,
All gone, goodbye.
Think and think alike, we always seem to waste our lives.
And then one day it's all gone, we've thrown it all away.

I'm glad you were a part of my hotel year.

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from Hang Your Head in Hope (Kristopher Roe - Acoustic Album), track released November 24, 2011
Written and performed by Kristopher Roe.
(c) 2011.

Photography by Kristopher Roe.

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