My Broken Arm

by Futurebirds

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"My Broken Arm is a song I (Thomas) actually wrote over 10 years ago. The song is essentially about being frustrated by having to support a music career with shitty jobs that don't pay much, and spending all your time working and none of that time making music, and realizing you could be a hell of a lot happier with less money and more time to do the things you really love. Things that drive you. It's a vicious cycle that lots of musicians have to deal with."

"We recorded a version of 'My Broken Arm' with a different band we (Carter, Brannen, and our original drummer Payton) were in called "the Interns," but never ended up doing too much with it. We always thought it would be a good fit on a Futurebirds album, but never got around to re-recording it until the sessions for our upcoming album, Teamwork. Teamwork will hit your ears this fall......Thanks to our fans everywhere."
- Thomas Johnson

lyrics

Take the best out of me
Take it as far as your eyes can see
Just don’t leave me with my broken arm

I know how much that’ll be
The price you pay for a pair in green
But my empty pockets just won’t leave me be

But the money’s no good

The race it won’t stop at each day’s end
It’s not a life worth living if you can’t talk to your friends
You’re just passing twenties

I have a big hole in my heart
And a sick thought in my mind

But the money’s no good

Take the best out of me
Kept inside some nostalgia dream
Just don’t leave me with my broken arm

This greed has left my family
With heavy hearted humility
But this drought won’t dry their soaking sleeves

So go on and lead the way with your crumbling hands
And lie awake in bed, humbled, wondering (damn)
How you can’t raise your plans in this tired city
But the race it won’t stop at each days end
It’s not a life worth living if you just can’t find a friend
You’re just stashing twenties

I have a big hole in my heart
And sick thoughts in my mind

But the money’s no good

credits

released June 14, 2019
Recorded at Rialto Row in Charleston, SC
Engineered and mixed by Wolfgang Zimmerman
Produced by Wolfgang Zimmerman and Freon Fighters
Mastered by John Baldwin

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Apr 25

The Mill & Mine

Knoxville, TN
May 1

Cat's Cradle

Carrboro, NC
May 2

The National

Richmond, VA
May 11

Bear Shadow Festival

Highlands, NC
May 18

Beaufort Music Festival

Beaufort, NC
May 25

The Windjammer

Isle of Palms, SC
May 25

The Windjammer

Isle of Palms, SC
May 26

The Windjammer

Isle of Palms, SC
Jul 13

Outdoors at Fargo Brewing

Fargo, ND
Jul 14

Palace Theatre

Minneapolis, MN
Jul 16

Pine Creek Lodge

Livingston, MT
Jul 17

Pine Creek Lodge

Livingston, MT
Jul 18

The Newberry

Great Falls, MT
Jul 19

The Wilma

Missoula, MT
Sep 19

Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center

Louisville, KY

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