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Your Fake Friends

from Cardboard Vegas Roundabout by Dave Caruso

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Your Fake Friends
(Words & music ©2014 by Dave Caruso)

Got a roomful of noise and a pocketful of dreams
But your world of doubt is burstin' at the seams again
Got a head full of hope in twelve different keys
Six strings of pleasure to keep me company till the end
And no fake friends

Well, you say you’re a star with your new avatar
Like the whole world’s listening in whenever you hit “send”
This one-whore town has gotten you down
So you comfort yourself in the arms of the cliques & trends
Of your fake friends

You’re young and brash and talking trash
And you bash and ridicule
But you only want to hear the truth when it isn't harsh or cruel

Sorry to have been such a drag again
But I'm telling you straight, and I don't care who it offends
'Specially your fake friends

You tease & play and run away and you tell yourself it’s cool
What are you afraid of? / What are you made of? / Who the hell are you?

The deeper you wade, the more shallow you feel
You keep telling yourself that it’s real
But it’s only pretend with your fake friends

You tease & play and run away and you tell yourself it’s cool
What are you afraid of? / What are you made of? / Grow the hell up, Fool

I’m hoping you find your happiness in time
Maybe someday you'll wake up and see that, baby, that all depends
On you and your true friends

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from Cardboard Vegas Roundabout, released June 11, 2014
Jake Tobias: Bass
Chris Wietzke: Drums
Kevin Holevar: Lead guitar, claps
Dave Caruso: Vocals, electric guitar, synths, claps

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Dave Caruso Detroit, Michigan

Dave Caruso is a melodic pop songwriter, indie recording artist & music educator from Detroit, MI.

Dave offers a series of livestream songwriting courses at his website.

He's also the creator and host of SongwriterStories.com, a songwriting and music discovery podcast, featuring fascinating interviews with songwriters like Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Vicki Peterson and Tony Macaulay. ... more

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