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A Day Without Me (Kids Fly Free)

from Kids Fly Free by Lach

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    Lach's third album 'Kids Fly Free' came out the week the World Trade Center fell. Tour cancelled, the album never had a chance. It was originally released on Lach's Fortified label that included artwork on the disc itself. It was then picked up by Track Records in the UK, who originally signed Hendrix and The Who, and that import version has no CD art but does have a bonus hidden track of 'The Hillary Clinton Song'. Please indicate with your order whether you'd like the US or UK version.

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"The album closing symphony. There is a lot going on in this song. Too much to talk about here but I'll give away one secret now for my Bandcampers...beyond the title and epic quality that harkens to the closing track on Sgt.Peppers there's a further Lennon connection. We were utilizing the mellotron at Magic Shop the Soho recording studio where the album was made particularly for the clarinet line in Ain't It The Most. Day Without Me was a monster of a song to mix (I'd STILL like to redo parts of it!) and so there was a lot of time in the studio where I had nothing to do while the engineer cleaned tracks and did those little thing engineers do. I discovered a bunch of mellotron racks in the studios basement and I asked if I could go through them. (Google 'mellotron' now to see what I mean). So, I'm going through each rack, playing each note to hear the different samples when I get to the last rack and the last octave. Big Ben's chime,' a baby crying, a crowd cheering and then I play the highest key and hear a voice say, "I don't mind where it comes from, you know, as long as it's there." Everyone in the studio froze and looked at me.
"Is that who I think it is?" I said and played it again, yup, John Lennon.
"Can we use it?" I asked.
Richard, my producer, replied with a grin, "He just said you could!"
It felt like a blessing on our project and we kept it in. Listen closely and you'll hear a Beatle at the songs end just after the crying baby. Rebirth? Kids fly free, baby!" - Lach

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A Day Without Me (Kids Fly Free)

I want to spend the day without me
Get right out of my head
Step into a brilliant body
Leave myself for dead

A day without me
I need a new reflection
I still see your face in mine
It’s like I’m in Heaven and in Hell at the same time

I’m gonna crack the sky like an eggshell
Pull me down an angel
Steal his wings, his harp and halo
Learn the songs only the holy know

I’ll crack the Earth like a soft skull
Pull me up a devil
Steal his wings, his horn and fire
Learn the truth behind desire

I want to spend the day without me
Get right out of my head
Step into a brand new body
Leave myself for dead

A day without me
I need a new direction
I still feel your hand in mine
It’s like I’m in Heaven and in Hell at the same time

A day without me
I want to spend
the day without me

Kids fly free
Sprung from cubbyholes
Baffling government devices

Kids fly free
Over regulated lawnscapes
Giggling at parent stupid-faces

Kids fly free
Above danger signals
Defying laws of gravity

Kids fly free
Past moaning political cauldrons
And demographic studies

Kids sleep free
Together in clubhouses
Filled with pot and rock

Kids sleep free wrapped
In true flags of
Rebellious liberty

Kids sleep free
In dreamy acceptance
Of ridiculous immortality

Kids fly free
In the face of adult absurdity
And sleep the heroic sleep
Of kind myth
And black light legend

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from Kids Fly Free, released November 28, 2012

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Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

‘Beat-punk-unplugged joy!’-The Guardian UK

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