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Elbow – Dear Friends (2011) | Track profile | Dork

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Build a Rocket Boys!
Dear Friends

TRACK

Dear Friends

Release date: 7th March 2011

From Build a Rocket Boys!Track 115:01

Alternative Music Pop Britpop

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About This Track

"Dear Friends" is a track by Elbow, from the album Build a Rocket Boys!, released 7th March 2011. The track is 5:01 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Elbow.

About the Artist

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Lyrics

Dear Friends

Dear friends
You are angels and drunks
You are may child
Old friends

And you stuck a pin in my pile of sin
And this is a note for a road sign
Cuttin' the breeze in this Tennesee sundown
Came the sounds of the voices I know
I've been pondering trees
On the steeliest come down
But now a moment I'm home

I've got bluster enough
For the sales of a clipper
And the truth never frays a good yarn
But it struck me to say while so far away
You are with me today
You are here are in my head, in my heart

Dear friends
You are angels and drunks
You are may child
Old friends

You stuck a pin in my pile of sin
And you are the stars I navigate home by

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Track details

From Build a Rocket Boys!

5:012011

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Track number

11

Release year

2011

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Craig Potter, Guy Garvey, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Jupp
Producer: Craig Potter