There are few things more blissful than a night around the campfire with the right people. This is a song about the kind of friends that are always ready for an adventure – the kind that refuse to let you sit around and mope for too long, and who remind you of all the beauty and wonder this life has to offer. It’s a song about taking spontaneous road trips and finding your spark again in a world that so often tries to dim it -
a group of friends, parked outside another friends house, begging her to forget her worries and go with them.
One of the shorter tracks on the album, “Road Trip Begging” brings in Bad Knights’ sister-act of female vocalists, who lend a uke and some colour to this folk-rock classic. It tells the story a of rediscovering the fun, child-like part of yourself again, and refusing to let work, bills, and the pressures of everyday life, keep you from making grand memories.
lyrics
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You say, you’ve gotta fix things
before you fly, high
You’re running around searching
for things you never find
Come on baby, come on baby
you’re going pale without the light
come on stranger, there’s no danger
take one chance, on life
But don’t take it sad
life’s but a graveyard of plans
we still got the road
Bring your hat, bring sun tan
Leave your files and bills behind
bring your dreams, and that stupid cat
we made room for an
asshole at the back
Just bring some feel, bring your fire
that dorky smile its been a while
Pirates we’ll be, the treasure we’d find
and hills to climb
on this road trip
we leave in 5
Just bring your feel, and that fire
bring your smile, it’s been a while
And bring your favourite Spongebob shirt
the one that never fit your world
‘cause where we’re going
it works.
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