Chris Garneau

Producer: Duncan Sheik

I shoulda killed you myself
It was always a dream of mine
I coulda used a little help
But red wine's been a good friend of mine

I've got sad news
Take off your shoes
Sit down for a while
A while
A while, now

I'm wearing me out
I'm wearing my old clothes
I'm writing all new poems
I'm riding in my car

Oh the children, they're just babies
Little baby-sized socks and shoes
And I think that maybe
I should keep them away from you

I'll crawl in and then
I'll creep out, out loud
I've got a job
I'm not proud
I'm not proud

I'm wearing me out
I'm wearing my old clothes
I'm writing all new poems
I'm riding in my car

Sad, sad
I've got sad news
I do
Sad news
I've got sad news

But it's all over now
It's all done
Red, Red Rover:
I can't remember the game

I'm wearing me out
I'm wearing my old clothes
I'm writing all new poems
I'm riding in my car

Chris Garneau entered the New York music scene in 2006 with his debut album Music for Tourists, first released on Absolutely Kosher Records. He was brought to the label by Jamie Stewart and Caralee McElroy of Xiu Xiu. The album was later released in Europe and Asia. Vincent Moon shot Garneau in his Take-Away Show series which earned the singer-songwriter worldwide visibility, and special attention in France where the session was shot.

Garneau later released C-Sides EP (2007), El Radio LP (2009), and Winter Games LP (2013) on various labels in North America, Europe, China, Japan, South Korea, and Brazil — markets where he has toured extensively and shared the stage with Xiu Xiu, Jose Gonzalez, Keren Ann, My Brightest Diamond, Joan as Policewoman, Camera Obscura, among many others. Garneau opened for Charlotte Gainsbourg at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2010.

He has also landed over 30 synch placements for film, television, and advertising (including Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Dream Corp LLC, and others). His cover of Elliott Smith’s ‘Between the Bars’ was featured in Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Skin I Live In’.

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