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Peppermint and Innocence

from Peppermint and Innocence EP by Audrey Smilley

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Have you ever been daydreaming at work and ended up seeing a film reel in your head of moments that changed your life? I was in the middle of doing that once and after the third viewing, it trailed off to a memory of an interview where Justin Currie (Del Amitri) professed his hate for “list songs” (thanks, Billy Joel!) while introducing one his band had just recorded. At that moment it occurred to me that I'd just done the same thing. I know gentlemen aren't supposed to kiss and tell, but it seems Audrey Smilley will.

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Valerie and Julie, put the game in play
July the fourth and New Year's Eve, wrapped up on Christmas Day
Terri made it dangerous, and Starri made me laugh
And every one of them is with me, like a photograph

Then life moved on and everybody went their separate way
Their memories forever in my mind
And every now and then I think of you and how it felt
To leave peppermint and innocence behind

Jenny came from nowhere, but it wasn't a surprise
But Kerri left a combination smiling in disguise
Rebecca had a boyfriend, or so she didn't say
But when he left for summer Aphrodite came to play

Then life moved on and everybody went their separate way
Their memories forever in my mind
And every now and then I think of you and how it felt
To leave peppermint and innocence behind

Two o'clock with Paris, then three and four and five
Never a better birthday gift made me feel so alive
Then Jackie had a special way of driving me insane
But every time she smiled I just about forgot my name

Then life moved on and everybody went their separate way
Their memories forever in my mind
And every now and then I think of you and how it felt
To leave peppermint and innocence behind
Peppermint and innocence behind
Peppermint and innocence behind
Peppermint and innocence behind
Peppermint and innocence behind

credits

from Peppermint and Innocence EP, released March 31, 2023
George Carlston – vocals, bass
Dale Garrard – vocals, lead guitar
Craig Moore – vocals, rhythm guitar
Keyboards – JD Stefan
Drums – Maurizio Antonini

Produced by J.D. Stefan and Audrey Smilley

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Audrey Smilley is a band, not a girl. It is named after a girl, who lives somewhere in England, but is no longer a girl, but the band is not a girl, nor are there any girls in the band.

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