{"id":414,"date":"2013-06-20T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T20:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/?page_id=414"},"modified":"2013-07-12T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T20:45:02","slug":"well-acquainted","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vincecharming.com\/awp\/well-acquainted\/","title":{"rendered":"Well Acquainted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a page all about “Well Aquainted”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Click on the arrow to activate the exfm player:\u00a0\u00a0Well Acquainted<\/a>
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Read below for credits, the story, and lyrics.<\/p>\n

The players:<\/span>
\n VC: \u00a0lead vocals, Moserite acoustic guitar, Danelectro DC 12 electric 12-string guitar, Turner Renaissance guitar, Fender Precision bass guitar, Ken Maffeo: Roland TD5 digital drums, harmony vocals;\u00a0Mike Grow: Fender lap steel<\/span><\/p>\n

The Story:<\/p>\n

This is the story about what comes well after the breakup…that point when one of the two is just starting to adjust to single life and the other decides to go off a bit on the crazy train. In today’s world of instant communication, there’s no need for post-breakup stalking or bricks through the window when a simple nasty email or text does the trick. I spent a week or two with the catch phrase in my head:
\n” It’s all right, go ahead and put me down\/It’s all right because I’m well acquainted with the ground” before I finally sat down and wrote the song. I always felt that when things get really nutzo, you can either break down yourself, or deal with it by having a sense of humor. I really try to aim for the latter and hope I succeeded with this song! When I got in the studio with it I was first really inspired by early Who which you might notice by the bass line and the electric 12-string rhythm track. But when Mike came along and added his ferocious lap steel track it became something different…Dylan ala “Highway 61” perhaps… some early 70’s southern rock…not sure, but I really loved what he added. I had originally done all my own harmonies but “Cousin” Ken Maffeo who had played the great drum track come on by and helped me to simplify and streamline the harmonies to accentuate my own vocals which I very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

Well Acquainted<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u201cCan\u2019t we just be friends?\u201d he said<\/div>\n
This thing we have doesn\u2019t work<\/div>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want you hatin\u2019 me<\/div>\n
Or thinking I\u2019m some kinda jerk\u201d<\/div>\n
\u00a0And so they go their separate ways<\/div>\n
Neither happy with this end<\/div>\n
Until the bitterness fills her up<\/div>\n
And she goes and clicks send<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s all right<\/div>\n
It\u2019s all right,\u201d he says<\/div>\n
\u201cGo ahead and put me down<\/div>\n
It\u2019s all right because<\/div>\n
I\u2019m well acquainted with the ground\u201d<\/div>\n
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He thinks about his reply<\/div>\n
And stares blankly at the screen<\/div>\n
Should he rage, or should he cry?<\/div>\n
Can\u2019t believe she\u2019d be so mean<\/div>\n
\u00a0And so he goes off on his way<\/div>\n
In disbelief of this end<\/div>\n
He\u2019ll say nothing, nothing to say<\/div>\n
Just a sorry life to mend<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s all right<\/div>\n
It\u2019s all right, he thinks\u2026<\/div>\n
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He\u2019s been dumped, been ignored<\/div>\n
He\u2019s been the masochistic man<\/div>\n
Who played along with those feline games<\/div>\n
But in the end, they all just ran<\/div>\n
Never been called those cruel names<\/div>\n
Now they echo through the cries & whines<\/div>\n
But through the hurt, throughout his day<\/div>\n
He just mumbles these few lines\u2026<\/div>\n
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Chorus<\/div>\n
VC<\/div>\n
12\/23\/10<\/div>\n
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