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Back When It Was Blue

from Off Season by Carolyn Mark

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A nostalgia-steeped Can-Rock ode to those heady pre-gentrified days of Victoria.
Co-written with Paul Pigat. We were texting about an apartment building I thought he used to live in while I was walking through Cook St Village.

lyrics

G
We had a house
C
I had a couch
Em
It folded out
D
Just about
G
Money spats
C
Asshole cats
Em D
Damp in the winter too
G C G
Back when it was blue
C
Back when it was blue
Em
I never had a clue
D
But you knew what to do
G C G C
Back when it was blue
G
Slanted floors
C
Swollen doors
Em D
Single pane windows too
G
When you loved me and
C
I loved you
Em D
We had nothing better to do
G C G
Back when it was blue
C
Back when it was blue
Em
I never had a clue
D
But you know what to do
C
When you loved me and
Em
I loved you
D
We had nothing better to do
G C G C
Back when it was blue
Em
Neighbourhood is changing
Em/F#
Neighbourhood is changing
Em D
How that neighbourhood has changed
Em
Neighbourhood is changing
Em/F#
Neighbourhood is changing
Em D
How that neighbourhood has changed
Solo over chorus: C Em D C Em D G C G C
G
We had a house
C
I had a couch
Em
It folded out
D
Just about
G C G C
Back when it was blue oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Em C G

credits

from Off Season, released February 18, 2023
Words and Music by Carolyn Mark and Paul Pigat
Recorded at The Barn Studios, Hornby Island, BC by Marc Atkinson
Guitar- Britt Hibbert
Drums, bass, guitar, keys- Marc Atkinson
Sweet harms- Mino Devost and Britt

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Carolyn Mark British Columbia

Canadian alt-country singer/songwriter Carolyn Mark was born and raised in Sicamous, British Columbia. She's been a member of the 1991 all-girl rock combo the Vinaigrettes and the Corn Sisters, a duo w/ Neko Case. Her solo career has included collaborations with Toronto-based alt-country artist NQ Arbuckle with whom she recorded the Juno-nominated Let's Just Stay Here. ... more

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