Name: 1973
Duration: P00H02M44S
Description: The title of the track, 1973, is a reference to an inside joke between one of Essie's former lovers who led her on and broke her heart. As you can hear in the driving energy of the song Essie is not one to take heartbreak as defeat.

1973

by Essie Riddle

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The title of the track, 1973, is a reference to an inside joke between one of Essie's former lovers who led her on and broke her heart. As you can hear in the driving energy of the song Essie is not one to take heartbreak as defeat.

lyrics

You called me over
You pulled me in
You told me you needed me as more than a friend
You said she was nothin more than half of your rent
Before I knew it my heart was spent
I knew it wasn't right/I knew it was wrong
But I didn't think it through I was just havin fun
Until you plucked my heart right out of my chest
With your 6 string riff
What a mess

Stuck on you and didn't wanna be just like you were stuck in the year 1973
Goodbye my yellow bellied troll I've got to be lettin you go
The Darkside was fun but now I've got to run (ah ah)
Home Home at last I can't get stuck in your past

You killed me softly with every late night strum
As we drove out the backwoods to band on the run
You said it was me and you until the end
Now I know you can't trust no ramblin man
All my friends told me I should just walk away
But when I started walkin you begged me to stay
You said being with her was just buying us time
To set us up for life what a lie

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released July 19, 2019
Essie & the Big Chill, Sarah Ellen Riddle

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Essie Riddle Pennington, New Jersey

Essie Riddle is a WV native who moved to NJ to pursue her graduate studies in opera at Westminster Choir College. While there she began singing and song-writing with a local band soon forming Essie & the Big Chill. Essie now writes and performs her own music all across the NYC, NJ, and Philly areas. She is also a member of the Philly based band Looseleaf. ... more

discography

Reflection of You

Aug 2021
Stern Fern

Aug 2021
1973

Jul 2019
Ain't Right

Mar 2019

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