45

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45 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Have you seen my hands? Just look at 'em shake
And the song just keeps on repeating, drop the needle again
And I dance with your ghost, oh but that ain't the way
I can't move on and I can't stay the same
And all my friends say

[Chorus]
Ayy, turn the record over
Ayy, I'll see you on the flip side
There you go, turn the key and engine over
Let her go, let somebody else lay at her feet

[Verse 2]
But have you seen my heart, have you seen how it bleeds?
And the nights are so long, baby, out here in the deep
The tick, ticking of hours lonely, I hear the alarm
I used to hear when she would sleep in my arms
But Better Sense says

[Chorus]
Ayy, turn the record over
Ayy, I'll see you on the flip side
There you go, turn the key and engine over
Let her go, let somebody else lay at her feet

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[Bridge]
And all my friends say

[Chorus]
Ayy, turn the record over
Ayy, I'll see you on the flip side
There you go, turn the key and engine over
Let her go, let somebody else lay at my feet

[Outro]
Where you used to be
Where you used to be
Where you used to be
Here with me

About

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The song finds frontman Brian Fallon reflecting back on his own rock ‘n’ roll experiences. “I think "45” was in there for a long time,“ he said. "I was looking for something guttural that could just be yelled at the top of your lungs. It took me years to figure out what I was trying to say was ‘hey, just turn the record over, and I’ll see you on the flip side.’”

“It’s about not staying in anything that holds you back or is keeping you down for any extended period of time,” he said. “Sometimes, you have to change and move on. That’s the essence of the song. There’s something waiting for you out there.”

This was released as the first single from The Gaslight Anthem’s fourth album Handwritten. It was aired for the first time worldwide as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record in the World on April 30, 2012 on BBC Radio.