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Verona

by Mike Vial

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An allusive, nostalgic flashback that takes the speaker and listener back to a 1990s summer of three settings: a Dearborn Heights party store, a local concert at the Token Lounge, and an answer machine message on his 16th birthday.

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"Verona"

How did those men feel hiding in that horse
Wishing they had won the war by force?
Did they feel like me sneaking in that pharmacy
To steal the box we need, but can’t afford?

Who’s crying now on their birthday?
No me…

How did Romeo feel waltzing in that room
To trade his life for death before her bloom?
Did he feel like me, masquerading
At the punk rock show where I lost her to the sea?

Who’s crying now on their birthday?
No me…

Not me, not me, not me, not me
Not me…

I wonder does she still hide from that father drunk inside
That tiny house facing south in East Dearborn
When she broke up with me on my answering machine
I played guitar real loud and turned 16

Who’s crying now on their birthday?
Who’s crying now on their birthday?
Who’s crying now on their birthday?
Not me…

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released July 6, 2023
Mike Vial: vocals, Fender Bass VI guitar, acoustic guitars
Ozzie Andrews: upright bass, electric bass
Stuart Tucker: drums

David Roof: production and mastering

Recorded at Rooftop Studios during the summer of 2022

Artwork: Alton Vial

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Mike Vial Ann Arbor, Michigan

Mike Vial is a singer-songwriter from Michigan. He drinks too much coffee, plays Heritage and Taylor guitars, teaches writing at Community High in Ann Arbor.

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