If Things Were Perfect

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Wrapped in cold, late at night

“Remember that band James? Before James became successful they put out some singles on Factory Records. One was called “Hymn From The Village” and “If Things Were Perfect” was the B side. For some reason I liked that title. So when I wrote and recorded this song, even though there’s no relationship between the title and the song, I just gave it that name. I don’t know why. Sort of an homage to James even though the song sounds nothing like James. I did meet (James vocalist) Tim Booth in a nightclub once and he was telling me he quit music to teach yoga. That’s one of the read more
“Remember that band James? Before James became successful they put out some singles on Factory Records. One was called “Hymn From The Village” and “I… read more
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