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Careful Now My Son

by Anders/O'Bitz

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"Careful Now My Son" is the first song of the collection Eric and Mark have named "music in the time of coronavirus."  Eric decided to have three separate releases for the "Music in the Time of Coronavirus" collection so that each release was more congruous style-wise.  Everything done for this collection--from songwriting to recording to mastering--was done remotely during shelter in place (Eric in NorCal; Mark and Mike in SoCal).  Most of the songs were inspired by the isolation, anxiety, and cultural upheaval of the pandemic year of 2020.  This is the only song that was done in an Americana style, so we decided to release it as a single.  We also thought that its foreboding lyrics worked well to represent how we were feeling during this pandemic--so it would make a good kick-off song.  The song is about both the pandemic and the authoritarian and cultish politics of Trumpism.  We were deeply afraid of both infectious diseases during 2020 and as 2021 gets going.  With regard to Trumpism, this song can be understood as a companion song to our 2019 song, "Wounded Son" on Ghosts To Ancestors. -- Eric 12/4/20

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Careful Now My Son
(Anders, O’Bitz 2020)

We won’t see it in time
Won’t remember what was
So far behind
Far behind
We won’t see what will come
We won’t see what will come
In time
Out of time

Careful now my son
Think before you do
Good fortune may not come
To you

We won’t know what it’s like
Never been here before
In our lives
Any lives
We won’t know what to do
We won’t know who to blame
Or what’s true
What is true

Careful now my son
Think before you do
Good fortune may not come
To you

Careful now my son
Good fortune may not come
What have we left for you

credits

released December 9, 2020
Written by Eric Anders and Mark O'Bitz
Produced and mixed by Mike Butler
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe
Vocals by Eric Anders
Keys by Mark O'Bitz
Mandolin by Mike Butler
Banjo by Mike Butler
Acoustic lap steel by Mike Butler
Acoustic guitar by Mike Butler

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Anders/O'Bitz California

Singer-songwriter Eric Anders (right) and guitarist-composer Mark O'Bitz (left) both hail from California. Eric and Mark have been working on music together since Eric's 2003 debut release, Not At One--like all of Eric's solo releases it was mostly Anders/O'Bitz. The guys started releasing music as a duo in 2018 with Of All These Things and have released at least an album every year after that. ... more

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