Welcome my good friend despair
I'm glad you still care
You left me alone for so long please pull up a chair
Let's talk in the dark and joke about death
Did he furrow his brow
When he drew his last breath
I knew I could depend on you for a passionate crime
You arrived just in time.

I kissed the nape of your neck
And I tasted your lips
Maybe somewhere down this road
We can take one last trip
I remember that look and the stench of that place
Then she held a blade close to my face
I knew I could depend on you for a passionate crime
You arrived just in time

Even after all we lost I still think of you
Even after all the cost I'm holding tight to you

Welcome my good friend despair
I'm glad you still care

I knew I could depend on you for a passionate crime
You arrived just in time

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PAUL GRIFFITHS:

Born at an early age in Manchester England, Paul's "at times comic, at times tragic" original songs have been characterized as "Briti-Cana: Americana with a British flavor."

Initially inspired by the high energy country covers of British boogie bands and later pub rock's good-time-Charleys, Paul learned guitar and some stage craft from the guitar-loving boyfriends of his big sister, right before punk rock's scorched-earth-year-zero ideology ripped a hole in British pop culture.

Multiple musical endeavors inevitably followed; JB Sweat and The Perspirations, The Cheekie Pigs, Beergut 100, The Dickheads, Rough Vessel, The Suspects, Pat etcetera. Paul also served time in the folk singer and bluegrass trenches between even shorter lived musical experiments hopefully lost to the mists of time.

From Bristol England to Bangkok Thailand, from Burmese border towns to Saigon, Paul considers himself lucky to have made music in exotic sounding (at least) locations, eventually finding kindred spirits and a musical home in the Bay Area, honing his songwriting and performing skills along the way.

In the last few years, Paul has shared stages with some of his favorite local and even a few internationally known musicians, performing original material with his band The Scofflaws.

For up to date information: www.paulgriffithsmusic.com

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