The Fellas We Forgot To Know

Pub punk, group vocals, gang vocals, group chant

[Verse 1 – background]
(never chapters in the pen)

[Chorus – all]
All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
Like shadows through the night! (through the night!)  
We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!)  
But they faded out of sight!

All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
Some drifted with the tide! (with the tide!)  
Some stayed just long enough  
For a verse we still can’t hide! (still can’t hide)

[Verse 2 – lead]
There were the friends-of-friends who laughed with us and shared a beer  
The strangers who felt like brothers till they vanished from the year  
The guys from shows, from diners, from the bowling alley too  
Just a memory in passing  
Like a song we barely knew

[Verse 2 – background]
(like a song we barely knew)

[Chorus – all]
All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
Like shadows through the night! (through the night!)  
We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!)  
But they faded out of sight!

All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
Some drifted with the tide! (with the tide!)  
Some stayed just long enough  
For a verse we still can’t hide! (still can’t hide)

[Bridge – chant, printed four times]
Raise a glass! (raise a glass!)  
For the ones who roam! (ones who roam!)

Raise a glass! (raise a glass!)  
For the almost-home! (almost-home!)

Raise a glass! (raise a glass!)  
Names we’ll never say! (never say!)

Raise a glass! (raise a glass!)  
Fellas on their way! (on their way!)

[Final Chorus – all]
All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
But they’re part of where we’ve been! (where we’ve been!)  
We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!)  
And they sang it once, back then!

All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!)  
Some faces lost to time! (lost to time!)  
Still they sit inside the stories  
In the corners of the rhyme! (of the rhyme)

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[Verse 1 – lead] Here’s to all the fellas we forgot along the way The ones who stayed a summer, then were gone by early May The guys we talked with half the night, then never saw again Just a moment in the story Never chapters in the pen [Verse 1 – background] (never chapters in the pen) [Chorus – all] All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) Like shadows through the night! (through the night!) We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!) But they faded out of sight! All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) Some drifted with the tide! (with the tide!) Some stayed just long enough For a verse we still can’t hide! (still can’t hide) [Verse 2 – lead] There were the friends-of-friends who laughed with us and shared a beer The strangers who felt like brothers till they vanished from the year The guys from shows, from diners, from the bowling alley too Just a memory in passing Like a song we barely knew [Verse 2 – background] (like a song we barely knew) [Chorus – all] All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) Like shadows through the night! (through the night!) We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!) But they faded out of sight! All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) Some drifted with the tide! (with the tide!) Some stayed just long enough For a verse we still can’t hide! (still can’t hide) [Bridge – chant, printed four times] Raise a glass! (raise a glass!) For the ones who roam! (ones who roam!) Raise a glass! (raise a glass!) For the almost-home! (almost-home!) Raise a glass! (raise a glass!) Names we’ll never say! (never say!) Raise a glass! (raise a glass!) Fellas on their way! (on their way!) [Final Chorus – all] All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) But they’re part of where we’ve been! (where we’ve been!) We said “I’m Dail Milton!” (Milton!) And they sang it once, back then! All the fellas we forgot to know! (forgot to know!) Some faces lost to time! (lost to time!) Still they sit inside the stories In the corners of the rhyme! (of the rhyme)

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