We don’t have much
In the way of
Material things

Someone told me once
You don’t need to be rich
To be queens and kings

It’s not very much
But it seems like a lot
When I’m standing next to you
And see what we’ve got
It’s not very much
But it seems like a lot
When I’m standing next to you
And see what we’ve got – yeah

There is no sense 
Buying things to love
To dread losing them

Let’s sell our things
And keep our thoughts, our hopes and dreams
Reset – and start again

It’s not very much
But it seems like a lot
When I’m standing next to you
And see what we’ve got
It’s not very much
But it seems like a lot
When I’m standing next to you
And see what we’ve got – yeah

Matt Reiner: vocals, guitar
Matt Hills: bass guitar, some guitars, backing vocals
Max Tulysewski: drums
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Words and Music by Matt Reiner
Recorded, engineered, produced and mixed by Matt Hills at Hillside Studio
Mastered by Don Bartley at Benchmark Mastering

Not Very Much

* taken from the debut album by Lonely Stretch entitled 'Bedouin of the Fitzroy Evening.

Exploring the tensions of a relationship using the imagery of opposites. As the verses use a series of call and response statements, this seemed to lend the song to being sung as a duet. Enter Romana Ashton from The Sunday Reeds. A muted keyboard tone permeates the song a la ‘Play for Today’ by The Cure.
lyrics
Before …. After 
Summer …. Winter 
Today …. Tonight 
Vision …. No sight 

Things are going down 
Between you and me 
Things start to crystallise 
And I can see 

Standing …. Sitting 
You’re out …. You’re in 
Too loud …. So quiet 
Sunrise …. Midnight 

Things are going down 
Between you and me 
Things start to crystallise 
And I can see 

Oh, I see you 
You don’t see me 
Oh, I see you 
Yeah, yeah you 

Honest …. Liar 
Water …. Fire 
Brutus …. Caesar 
So close …. So far 

Things are going down 
Between you and me 
Things start to crystallise 
And I can see

Crystallise

Debut album 'Bedouin of the Fitzroy Evening' available at Bandcamp.

Lonely Stretch

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