Name: No Time For Blues
Duration: P00H03M39S
Description: Life is rough, and your mind is busy with plans how to make it through the next day. Could you ever stop having the blues? Even as a musician? While jamming a boogie on my piano, the phrase stuck in my head and I liked its ambiguity. Suddenly this draft turned into a big jam session.

Nadine de Macedo & Berni Armstrong - No Time For Blues

from Quarterlife Blues by Nadine de Macedo

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Life is rough, and your mind is busy with plans how to make it through the next day. Could you ever stop having the blues? Even as a musician? While jamming a boogie on my piano, the phrase stuck in my head and I liked its ambiguity. Suddenly this draft turned into a big jam session.

lyrics

I’ve got not time to relax
no time for fun
Time is staring at me
down the barrel of its gun

No time to tie laces,
I’ve got slip on shoes
And worst of all
I’ve got no time for blues

I got no time for blues
No time to be amused
Nor even to watch the TV news
No time to pay my dues
I'm the king of excuses
I got no time - it's such a crime
No time for blues

I got letters to send
I got bills to pay
I have less time to myself
Every single day
I work so many hours
It's a wonder I don't drop
I don't know if these demands
Are ever gonna stop

All of my friends
are in the same boat
Doesn't seem to matter
Who gets your vote
We're working for peanuts
We can't make ends meet
if things don't look up soon
We'll be out on the street

Look at that guy
In his fancy car
He has no idea
How hard things are
When you're working for a wage
But sinking deeper into debt
When I think of the future
I break out in a cold sweat

I got no time for blues
No time to be amused
Nor even to watch the TV news
No time to pay my dues
I'm the king of excuses
I got no time - it's such a crime
No time for blues

credits

from Quarterlife Blues, released August 4, 2023
Nadine de Macedo: composition, arrangement, piano, solo, programming, production
Berni Armstrong: vocals, lyrics, arrangement
Alex Almirall: tenor saxophone, solo
Jussi Nykänen: guitars, solo
Andrew Russell: double bass

Cover design: Nadine de Macedo

Where to find us:
nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/@berniarmstrong
www.alexalmirall.com
ajrussell.ca

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Nadine de Macedo Düsseldorf, Germany

Multi-genre composer and producer. Nadine de Macedo stands for complex melancholic melodies, no matter if pop, rock, metal or electronic music.

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