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I found a video on YouTube, one of those headless-guitarplayer-video's. It was a Bob Dylan fingerpicking style song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vF2wfzvcAg and it inspired me to write this track. Best, Arthur (singer PYK)

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Have I heard have I heard
Seven birds were found
A possibly contagious type of flu

Where have I been where have I been
How could I possibly have missed it
It was all over the news

A hurricane named Lou
Just hit Malibu
I know there’s bigger things in life
But All I think about is you

I miss the point and hit the button
I get up and then I realize it’s almost half past two
And that I’ve totally forgotten
About that lunch date with the cartoonist who’s customized our shoes

Then he calls up out of the blue
Turns out he’d forgotten, too
See everything works out just fine
When all I think about is you

Even Matthew on my wall
Still waitin’ for a call
Doesn’t seem to mind at all
That all I think about is you
He doesn’t mind at all

There’s a party in our street
Some of my neighbours move their feet
To a brazilian steeldrum band
In a lazy, hazy heat
I sit down against my window seat
And watch the people dance

And I might just join them, too
As it’s finally getting through
I’ve never quite felt so alive
And all I think about is you

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from People You Know, released September 23, 2008
Lyrics: Arthur van Westerop
Music: People You Know

People You Know are:
- Arthur van Westerop: vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar
- Lourens van Haaften: electric guitar
- Ferry van der Groep: acoustic guitar
- Marco van Os: bass guitar, double bass
- Pimba: drums
(on the album Jan Stavenuiter: drums)

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