The Lucky Ones

from Meridian by Miles Gannett

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Written by Miles Gannett

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We were the lucky ones, with time, and free to run.
We didn’t answer to anyone; we were dancers in the setting sun.
We were just children; we didn’t need religion.
Our eyes shone like diamonds beneath the constellations.

We used to trip out in the woods by the banks of the creek,
and we knew nothing could hurt us; we were fearless freaks.
We used to laugh so much about it, and I knew you got the joke;
and now I feel so lost without you and the truth that we once spoke.
But we were the lucky ones.

We weren’t hooked on the Internet.
We didn’t even have cellphones yet.
I used to page you from the payphone.
We used to walk around all night long
and talk about the millennium,
the swing of the pendulum.
A great shift had just begun.
We knew we were the lucky ones.

What are you up to now? It’s been too long!
Have you given up on dreams, or are you still hanging on?
Well, in 1999, those dreams were all we had,
and even though we’ve grown apart, I still smile looking back,
‘cause we were the lucky ones.

Remember when you flipped your sports car on the ramp to 95,
and we were all amazed that you made it out alive.
Well, somehow you were ejected through the sunroof fifty feet.
When the engine exploded, sent a pipe right through your seat.

Yeah, we were the lucky ones, with time, and free to run.
We didn’t answer to anyone; we were dancers in the setting sun.
We were just children; we didn’t need religion,
because we shone like diamonds beneath the constellations.
Yeah, we were the lucky ones.

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from Meridian, released April 16, 2021
Miles Gannett – guitar and vocals
Sean P. Finn – fiddle
Eric Selby – drums
Joe Martone – electric bass
Dave Hadley – pedal steel

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Miles Gannett Baltimore, Maryland

Miles Gannett doesn’t sit still creatively. The Louisiana native, who now calls Maryland home, hears the seamless character of all music, blending and balancing strains of bluegrass with psychedelic folk textures, classic country phrasing with the propulsive notes of acid rock, and earthy blues with spectral ambience. ... more

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