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Drive​-​By Smile

from Twitter, Buzz, Howl by Chris Velan

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    TBH was recorded over the summer of 2005 in the Eastern Townships outside of Montreal near the town of Sutton. We set up a makeshift studio in a barn and basically tracked everything while the insects buzzed and birds sang during the day; and the crickets chirped and the coyotes howled at night.
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Drive-By Smile

Hey, do I know you
You don’t look familiar
But the kindness in your eyes puzzles me
I was just driving around in circles
Getting lost intentionally
Is this your corner, your own piece of Heaven
Or is it just a place you ended up in
Why do you live here
Does it even matter
Where would you be if you could be anywhere//

Simple as a drive-by smile that you gave me
Your drive-by smile
Might be the thing to save me//

Who is your hero
Do you dream often
And can you dance to save your soul
What makes you angry
Fills you with hatred
Or do you try to practice love and being whole
What are you moved by
Are you a believer
Who do you call to when you think you’re going to die
Was your heart broken
Did you find the answer
Do you carry it around with you//

Simple as a drive-by smile that gave me
Your drive-by smile
Might be the thing to save me
Your drive-by smile//

For all I know you’re a killer
With hard to fathom reasons
And we both go through our seasons
For all I know you’re a mirror
Turned at such an angle
To throw it back on me//

And what do you do to fill up the hours
What makes you get up and do it again
Must you rely on strong medication to make it better
Do you have a best friend
Who was your mother
Do you know your father
Are you the last one with your name
You seem like you’re happy
So what made you want to wave to me
What made you want to wave to me//

Simple as a drive-by smile that you gave me
Your drive-by smile
Might be the thing to save me

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from Twitter, Buzz, Howl, released January 8, 2007

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Chris Velan Montréal, Québec

Montreal singer-songwriter and producer, Chris Velan, has always been crossing borders with his brand of world music- influenced, singer-songwriter pop. Drawing comparisons to the smart, genre-mixing writing of Neil Finn, Nick Lowe and Paul Simon, Velan's
latest album, “Amateur Hour”, will be released September 14th with touring to follow. ... more

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