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I Have Always Been Here Before

by New Ben Franklins

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The week after Roky died, the Franklins played a show and we played this tune and one other of his songs... we liked this one so much we decided to record it. We cranked out initial tracking (Jon Dennis' first drums recorded with the band?) and then it sat unfinished for 3+ years... in the fall of 2021, Jeremy asked about the track and what needed to be finished. We took stock of the track, decided we could not source the originally requested sitar, and finished the recording. Here it is. Our tribute to Roky Erickson.

lyrics

From the gargoyles to Stonehenge
From the Sphinx to the pyramids
To Lucifer's temples praising the devil right
To the devil's clock as it strikes midnight

I have always been here before
Allowing my mind's call of known of
In cold parade more never stops this flow
I have always been here before

It seems like a bell rings time for deja vu
Everything is familiar from being here with you
All you ever had before you've had to understand
Now all you have to do is want to have at your command

I have always been here before
Allowing my mind's call of known of
In cold parade more never stops this flow
I have always been here before

That that is pleasing, that that is real
That that is forever keeps filling never filled
That that snuck up on you in the night
That that you remember in an early child's delight
That that was supposed to have frightened you
But somehow you never took to fright

I have always been here before
Allowing my mind's call of known of
In cold parade more never stops this flow
I have always been here before

From the gargoyles to Stonehenge
From the Sphinx to the pyramids
To Lucifer's temples praising the devil right
To the devil's clock as it strikes midnight

I have always been here before
Allowing my mind's call of known of
In cold parade more never stops this flow
I have always been here before

credits

released November 26, 2021
written by Roky Erickson
recorded and produced by David DeVoe at Dingo's Kidney III
mastered by Jadewerks
art and design by DeVoe

Jon Dennis - drums
Jeremy Ziehe - bass, bells
David DeVoe - vocals, guitars, etc

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