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Won't Stay Gone Forever

by Stolen Jars

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This is our love letter to New York. We wrote it at the height of the pandemic, when the fire escape was the only outdoor space we had and every day was spent in the same room. We had just come home from a full US tour a few months ago, and suddenly it felt like New York had disappeared. For me, this city is indelibly associated with my grandparents, with my memories of walking with my grandfather through Riverside Park and him holding me up by the window singing Christmas songs to me. We wrote this as a reminder that the city we love and the people we love will always come back to us, even after they are gone.

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Won’t Stay Gone Forever:
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone

I barely knew your name at the time…
But New York seemed to fit you just right.
And on the day you died I thought I heard you come back home,
To that bench in Central Park where they –
carefully scrawled your name

Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone

The fireworks are sounding off tonight, in the city that cannot sleep
A man outside is singing to me –
“you made it here, you’ll make it anywhere”
But the street’s on fire and I just want to come back home
To the town you’d loved so desperately… it’s gone now with your memories…

We fucked up, our lives flew over our heads
So I guess we’ll lay low instead

I missed New York when out on the road
Now I’m here and I miss it from home

I spend my time like Bill on replay
I wake up each day and Brooklyn’s still changed

Cause all my friends live in video games
I facetime them to remember their names

Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone forever
Won’t stay gone

Just meet me back in New York someday
Just meet me back in New York someday…

credits

released March 17, 2023
Music and Lyrics written by Cody Fitzgerald, Sarah Coffey and Elias Spector-Zabusky

Cody Fitzgerald - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys, Drums, etc.
Sarah Coffey - Vocals
Elias Spector-Zabusky - Guitar, Bass, Keys
Grant Meyer - Keys
Isaiah Hazzard - Drums
Joe Reinhart - Guitar

Recorded and produced by Cody Fitzgerald and Elias Spector-Zabusky
Co-produced by Joe Reinhart and Grant Meyer
Additional Recording by Nolan Thies
Pre-mixed by Jonny Koh
Mixed by Joe Reinhart
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

Single Cover by Tonje Thilesen

Stolen Jars is Cody Fitzgerald, Sarah Coffey, Elias Spector-Zabusky, Grant Meyer, and Isaiah Hazzard

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