I Know You Did It - Single

by James O'Brien

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The debut of the new trio, this is a bit of a send-off, a kiss-off number, a goodbye to the thorny hearted, the small-handed, and the empty shelled. Hope you dig the beat. See you out there.

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I know you did it in a white heat
your mind was empty as a blank sheet
our souls were shattered on the concrete

I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh

The monster calls for that old backbeat
a broken shuffle on two jive feet
the crowd moves forward, copping hungry

I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh

Well, meanwhile outside on the hot street
the gas gets thick enough to choke, see
the line moves fast so no one breaks free

I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh

Five hundred armies of evasion
advance on cities of elation
we ran for cover as the bombs fell

I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh

Remember staring at the black sun
with all the zombies on that scorched lawn
the blank disk of that equation

I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh
I know you did it
I know you did it
I know you did it, uh huh

credits

released November 15, 2020
Guitar and vocals: James O'Brien
Bass: Matt Girard
Drums: Rich Adkins

Written by James O'Brien
Recorded by James O'Brien, Rich Adkins and Matt Girard
Mixed and mastered by Matt Girard

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James O'Brien New York, New York

James O’Brien toured the U.S. and the U.K. from 1998–2004 playing politically aware songs, sometimes solo and sometimes with a band, sharing billings with artists such as Hamell on Trial, Dan Bern, Michael McDermott, John Sinclair, Bill Miller and Freedy Johnson.

In 2017, after a 13-year hiatus, he began to release archival and new material, expanding his catalog to fourteen albums as of 2022.
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