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The first draft of history is singing from you
Later mixes get mastered by the producers
The first draft of history is oft out of tune
Later versions get auto-tuned by the mixers

Listen back, listen back to the demos
Just listen back, you’ll hear it in those demos
Let the record execs know exactly what you planned to do
That the earlier version shone through
You gotta listen back, yeah listen back to those demos

You should refer back, yeah refer back to the first take
The very first draft is quite often better than the last take
You’ll find honesty, tragedy, comedy and poetry
Present, future and past
Gotta refer back, just refer back to...

The first draft of history is singing from you
Later mixes get mastered by the producers
The first draft of history is oft out of tune
Later versions get auto-tuned by the mixers

Let’s listen back, we’ll listen back to the demos
You won’t hear no hate, no gender, class or race in the demos
Then tell that older generation
When they try to throw that boomer-ang right at you
Fear of change only curses fools
You gotta listen back, just listen back to the demos

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from "A Public Thing" (2022), track released February 15, 2022

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Jay Gavan Kalamazoo, Michigan

Jay Gavan is a musician, songwriter and history teacher who occasionally combines all three, as he does on his latest self-produced album, "A Public Thing" (2022)

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Feb 15, 2022

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