These Friends of Mine

I heard of this album a while back and knew that I would want to pick it up immediately upon its release. It's my first Rosie Thomas album, and really I've barely known about her other than she sings on several of my favorite artists' albums. The album was made with two of those artists, Sufjan Stevens and Denison Witmer. It is a very laid back recording, and a lot of the songs were written and recorded in a short period of time in one of their homes. It's personal, honesty, funny and touching. As a whole, the album is pretty darn good. What struck me most though is the title track. Rosie wrote it about, and for, four of her good friends and they sing [wonderfully] on the song. These four friends happen to be four of my absolute favorite musicians; the aforementioned Sufjan and Denison, as well as David Bazan and Damien Jurado. And obviously it means much to me, as my friends mean so much to me. I don't often post lyrics, but I kind of have to here [the lyrics that I'm not entirely sure of are starred]. Enjoy. you have my love.


these friends of mine, live their lives, spend their time, hoping to find who they are, how they're made, that maybe they help me find a way*.

these friends of mine, they have wives, they work hard to love 'em right, and when they laugh it makes me high, they'd take a train 10,000 miles before they'd fly

these friends of mine, they feel alone when the shows are over, don't need to go
in Philadelphia, in Christmas time, they question love, wonder why they try

and when the show is over, how I hope that they discover the joy that they bring
and I hope that they remember this bond we have together
and how they love to sing

these friends of mine, live in new york, they were raised in Michigan, they don't own things*, they don't hold hands, they guard their hearts, the best they can

and when the show is over, how I hope that they discover the joy that they bring
and I hope they remember this bond we have together
and how they love to sing, they sure love to sing
maybe I, needed this time to be reminded for myself
maybe I, needed this time to be reminded for myself
how I love to sing

These Friends of Mine, Rosie Thomas