Retirement Blues by Andres Roots & Red Mouth feat. Jantso Jokelin
The last of the lockdown-era songs by the Estonian-American-Finnish trio, recorded 2021-2022.
Lyrics
Retirement Blues
No one’s buyin’ records
No one’s playin’ gigs
Music has no meaning
Or meaning’s all there is
I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys
Everybody’s haunted
Everybody’s blessed
I’m trainin’ to do nothin’
And worry about less
I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys
No postcards of the hangin’
They’ll stream it to you live
The revolution’s televised
If you can find the time
Me, I’m makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys
I was plannin’ to retire
Grown tired of the dream
But overnight, retirement
Became way too mainstream
So I’m still makin’ records
Playin’ guitar to the void
In the end, we’re all just kids
Happy playin’ with our toys
Credits
Vocals - Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt; harmonica - Jantso Jokelin; guitar - Andres Roots. Written by Andres Roots. Vocals recorded by Alexander Bowling & Luke Wright at Mystery Sound Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA. Harmonica recorded by Jantso Jokelin in Helsinki, Finland. Guitar recorded by Jaan Tamm, mixed & mastered by Asko-Romé Altsoo at White Room in Tartu, Estonia. Cover design by Siret Roots. For more Red Mouth: redmouth.bandcamp.com
License
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Estonian slide guitarist and songwriter. A longtime bandleader turned acoustic solo performer, touring internationally - and according to FabricationsHQ critic Ross Muir, “you could be forgiven for thinking your ears or eyes deceive you, given it sounds like either there are two musicians/guitars involved, or he has six fingers on each hand.”