When You Get What You Want

from When You Get What You Want by Julia Francis

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This song came to me super-fast, all at once, so I didn’t question it. I played it a lot on my acoustic guitar at first and thought it was effective as a whispered, slightly confrontational blues ditty. But then I took it to my band and it became an explosive rock anthem. This is a tough-love song direct from Mother Earth. We have the choice to re-evaluate what’s most important in our lives and find peace within. Lucky us, we have that window wide open to us right now.

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When you get what you want but it’s not what you thought / How many times did they say you’re almost there / How many ways did you sit on your despair / You did what they told you you followed the rules / Never talked out of turn never suffered fools / When you get what you want but it’s not what you thought / You wrote the book on the 3 step plan / To keep your enemies eating out of your hand / Oh but it went out of print some time ago / Eclipsed by the latest reality show / When you get exactly what you want but it’s not at all / And when it’s time to collect and walk across that bridge / You find the river dried up you got no more privilege / And at the end of your journey just a little hospital gurney / Here’s your balance due what will your family do / What does your family mean to you / When you get what you want / Are you sure are you sure / What do you really really really really want / I want it, i want it, I want it / How’d you stoop so low

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from When You Get What You Want, track released May 1, 2020
Vocals - Julia Francis
Guitar - Darren Loucas
B3 - Mark Lutwak
Bass - Rebecca Young
Drums - Mike Peterson
Congas - Tendai ‘Baba’ Maraire

Produced/Recorded/Mixed by Steve Fisk at Avast Recording
Mastered by Rachel Field and Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering
All songs C 2020 Julia Francis (BMI)
www.juliafrancis.com

Cover Photo by David McGraw

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Julia Francis Seattle, Washington

Julia Francis is a Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Her music is deeply rooted in the blues legacies of women like Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Billie Holiday among others. KBCS describes her voice as “howling, blistering…like Bessie Smith and Sister Rosetta Tharpe colliding with Slick, Joplin and Tedeschi.” ... more

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