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Nickels and Dimes

by Forest Ray

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Forest Ray's fifth single from their 2023 album release, Windfucker (jebivjetar)
Recorded live to tape at Forest Ray Records studio Seattle, WA

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If there's a way I need to find
How to turn nickels into dimes
I hope some day you’ll realize
It’s not about when you arrive
It ain’t no use to wonder why you just gotta live your life
I know my place and bide my time
Yet still it goes
Everyday you love your life and you scrape by hoping somewhere
Hoping somewhere there’s a light in the big sky

If there's a way I need to find
How to turn nickels into dimes
I hope some day you’ll realize
It’s not about when you arrive
It ain’t no use to wonder why you just gotta live your life
I know my place and bide my time
Everyday you love your life and you scrape by hoping somewhere
Hoping somewhere there’s a light in the big sky
Days get longer every night in the lonely candlelight
Think of you from time to time

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released November 30, 2023
Written by Peter Marin Sumic
Recorded by Robby Porovich and Peter Sumic
Mixed by Erik Takuichi Wallace

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Forest Ray Seattle, Washington

Forest Ray is a psychedelic rock project whose dedication to analog recording has harbored a darker, older and more intimate sound. Forest Ray's music combines guitar driven psychedelic rock with tinges of raw synth-laced post-punk, Tropicalia flute and uninhibited performances that embody the garage punk aesthetic that fueled the group’s creation ... more

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