Wave Them Goodbye

from Stripped Back (Studio Album) by Rebecca Downes

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about

This song is a duet about being fearful of your circumstances and wanting to run away with your partner. You know you are in the wrong place at the wrong time but you won’t leave/escape without them.

The original song first appeared on More Sinner Than Saint and was released again as a single in 2020 with Alan Nimmo of King King guesting on vocals.

lyrics

I sense there's something wrong
There's a feeling that don't set right here
I’m thinking we don't belong
Hey, hey baby are you getting the fear?

And we should plan an escape
Some sort of exit or a strategy
For every move that we make
Could be our last
Baby what do you say?

And I just want our backs to the wind again
I won't watch us tail-spinning down
I smelled danger right at the beginning
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye
And I won't leave here alone
Wave goodbye

I feel the walls on fire
I see the eagle flying round our heads
A case of do or die
Hey, hey babe wishin’ we was dead

So we should grab our stuff
Pack up the bags and
Sneak away alone
Before our time is up
Ooh-ooh baby now I’m taking you home

And I just want our backs to the wind again
I won't watch us tail-spinning down
I smelled danger right at the beginning
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye

Wave them goodbye
Wave them goodbye
Wave them goodbye
Wave them goodbye, wave them goodbye
Wave them goodbye

And I just want our backs to the wind again
And I won't watch us tail-spinning down
And I smelled danger right at the beginning
And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye
And I won't leave here alone
Wave goodbye

And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye

And I won't leave here alone
Just wave goodbye

And I won't leave here alone

And I won't leave here alone

Wave them goodbye, wave them goodbye
Wave them goodbye

credits

from Stripped Back (Studio Album), released April 9, 2021
Written by Steve Birkett and Rebecca Downes

Rebecca Downes: Vocal

Steve Birkett: All instruments and Vocal

Musical Arrangement and Production by Steve Birkett

Recorded at Chez Birkett, Olton, Solihull

Engineered by Steve Birkett

Mixed and Mastered by Steve Birkett Jnr

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Rebecca Downes Birmingham, UK

Winner of Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards 2016, and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year at the FORM UKBlues Awards 2018, Birmingham (UK)-based Rebecca is an independent artist creating original blues/rock music with her co-songwriter Steve Birkett and performing within a 5-piece band or as a duo with Steve. ... more

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