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Lie In All Honesty

by NEWSKI

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Do you recall how intoxicating and confusing it was when Facebook, instagram and Twitter really exploded in 2010-2013?

I recall scrolling my feeds ten times each day having no control over when I picked up the phone.

EVERYONE was on the socials and the consensus was “you have to be on too!”. Ten years later we are finally getting some data that social media is not necessarily your friend.

It can certainly be used for good in the right doses, but I never had a grip on it until very recently.

When I was 20, I wrote a song called Lie in all Honesty about having very little control over my emotions.

I was rattled by the chaos of the new hyper-speed internet world and the smoke-screen it created on real life. It’s been re-recorded and re-released here.

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Lordy Lordy
My mother’s been chattering
Been emailing
Been calling
She knows
A glitch from a gimmick

I’d be kidding
If I said I could wink
Lying is tricky
To avoid an upcoming travesty
I’d dodge you for days
But first
I’d lie in all honesty

Thank goodness
My father’s advising
Been editing
My resume
He knows
The difference between hell and highwater

Good gracious
My brother won’t call me
Won’t hang
Wont come to the shows I sing
I know
He’s got his own scene

The theme was maritime
Once upon a time
Now it’s scrapin’ for nickels and more nickels
To avoid an upcoming travesty
I’d dodge you for days
But first
I’d lie in all honesty

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released February 19, 2021
Written by Newski
Recorded and Mixed by Spatola
Mastered by Justin Perkins

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NEWSKI Milwaukee, Wisconsin

FESTIVAL APPEARANCES: Rolling Stone Festival, Iceland Airwaves, Reeperbahn Germany, SXSW official

BRETT NEWSKI supports and tours: 
Courtney Barnett, Pixies, Violent Femmes, Manchester Orchestra, New Pornographers, Chuck Ragan, Rocky Votolato, Ezra Furman, Better than Ezra
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