From the VWR CD "Rings Around The Sun"
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LATE JUNE 
(Kern/Ratts) 

you and me on a rainy night 
driving around with a dead headlight 
it was late june and we didn’t have to be nowhere 

We took a turn down a country road 
and you were singing with the radio 
it was late june and we didn’t have to be nowhere 

i saw the gifts that were given to you: 
the way you moved and your eyes so blue 
and all i let you see 
was the summer side of me 

and you told me: 
“i’ve got a thing for you 
yeah baby I do, 
yeah baby i do. 
i’m hung up on your laughter 
and i get high on your smile 
i’ve had a thing for you for little while”. 

that summer burned you in my mind 
you’d call me up and we’d talk all night 
it was july and we didn’t have to be nowhere. 

every night we’d look at the stars 
‘till august came and you broke my heart 
it was autumn and the winds were blowing us elsewhere 

i dug the gifts that were given to me 
out by the lake and in my dad’s camry 
though all i let you see was the summer side of me 

then i told you 
“i’ve got a thing for you 
yeah baby i do 
yeah baby i do 
i’m hung up on your laughter 
and I get high on your smile 
i’ve got a thing for you for all time 

well, winter comes 
don’t a hundred winters come? 
they leave you feeling older 
years go by and we’re still alive 
but cold, somewhat colder 
except you make me feel new 

and i’ve got a thing for you 
yeah baby I do 
yeah baby still do 
still hung up on your laughter 
i still get high on your smile 
i’ve still got a thing for you 
after all this time.

Vegas With Randolph - Late June

"Dynamite, charging change of pace from these much-loved Washington, D.C.-area kings of power pop. Killer melody; loud guitars and a drum track that demands respect. 'The Girl Holding Out for Me' bodes well for Vegas With Randolph's next album. A+!" 
 Alan Haber, Alan Haber's Pure Pop 

 In April of 2013, on a NYC bound train (where the guys would meet up with, and Eric perform with, David Myhr), John began humming the chorus refrain of the song that eventually would become "The Girl Holding Out For Me." (Incidentally, this same train ride's return trip also gave birth to the title and lyrical concept for "My Lost Colony" from VWR's "Rings" album). The climbing chorus melody was so infectious it soon developed into this track, which has now become the first single released from VWR's upcoming fourth album (as further songs are still being written and recorded for that effort). 

 With "The Girl Holding Out For Me," VWR returns in force with a tale of the longing, the faith, and the patience/impatience of youth. It also marks the first track featuring VWR's phenomenal new drummer, the formidable DC ace musician Andy Hamburger. We hope you dig this new song, and stay tuned for more to follow!

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The Girl Holding Out For Me

This is an acoustic mix of "Above The Blue", recorded to air on a mutli-radio show broadcast supporting relief in Japan, following the Tsunamis there a couple years back.  Features the cello work of Fred Lieder. 

Vegas With Randolph:  Above The Blue - Acoustic Version

song about my musical hero Jeff Lynne. 

All music, lyrics and production by me

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