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Back At It Again

from River Of Smoke by Bill Rotella

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A song about Bill's reunion with his band Baywood...20 years later.

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Back At It Again
I remember it well I wasn’t very young my father said “what the hell you doing son”?
You’re just wastin’ your life playin’ guitar sleepin’ ‘til noon
Got a job but I just couldn’t hang so I quit the very next day
Threw my guitar in my van and I got back at it again
Later on when I was only 31 the girl who said she loved me said the time had come
Said I was chasin’ a dream that passed me long ago
So I kissed her goodbye and I hit the road to rediscover the trouble I used to know
She came and went now I’m back at it again
One by one another day flies by
I’m gonna live my life or I’m gonna die tryin’
If I lose my who, what, why or when
I just get right back at it again
I told myself I’d never be the one holds a hundred different women like some dudes I know
But that’s who I was ‘til I thought I met the one
So I burned my book and closed my eyes ‘til she tried to turn me into some other guy
I’ve got some love to spend now I’m back at it again
One by one another day flies by
I’m gonna live my life or I’m gonna die tryin’
If I lose my who, what, why or when
I just get right back at it again
The boys in the band all went different ways I was left to figure out what I was meant to play
So many years passed then out of the blue it came
The telephone rang and on the other end was old bud who sang with me way back when
I knew right then we were getting’ back at it again
Sometimes we blame our fortunes on our own bad luck it don’t matter if we fall but if we get back up
I’m standin’ here today in front of you to testify
If you’re lookin’ for a rebel I’m your poster child had to get out of Dodge for a very long while
I f you know me now you wouldn’t want to know me then they say I fell off the wagon but I got back in
It was just another fight I had to win to get back again
Makin’ music with my friends we’re back at it again

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from River Of Smoke, released May 1, 2020

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bill rotella Los Angeles, California

Singer-songwriter Bill Rotella has released albums as a soloist and with his previous bands: Amber & Smoke, Dakota, and Baywood. His new release, "Smoke & The Earthtones" was recorded during Covid quarantine with some of L.A's finest session players. Bill regularly performs around California as a soloist and with The Earthtones. For more info visit Bill's website www.billrotellamusic.com ... more

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