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Learn To Lose

by The Wynntown Marshals

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"Learn To Lose" is the first new music from the band since the bonus tracks which featured on our 2017 10-year retrospective "After All These Years", and is also the first taste of new material from our forthcoming Blue Rose Records release.

This track was first aired during our appearance on BBC Radio Scotland's Quay Sessions in 2018.

Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQulLo79VU

Video footage shot by Andrew Taylor at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh on 5th December 2019.

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Learn To Lose

You and me we used to be thick as thieves
We’d tend to spend beyond our means
Our hearts got bruised while we were rolling up our sleeves

You always say I drive too fast
Driven by the desire to never finish last
Guess it's time to pull over, let the ambulance past

You’ve got to learn to lose
In your own way
Be the fairweather fan on cup final day
It's just disappointment it'll be OK
You’ve got to learn to lose

You wished that band would tour, you know they never did
The best advice I ever got was from a little kid
He said "You are stronger than you might think"

Now I don't recall exactly how it happened
But the warning signs were there for all to see
In truth, the best had passed
The summer was a blast
Now you're the missing part of me

You can learn to lose
Take one for the team
Endlessly chase the impossible dream
It might not end up being as bad as it seems

You’ve got to learn to lose
In your own way
Be the fairweather fan on cup final day
It's just disappointment it'll be OK
You’ve got to learn to lose

You’ve got to learn to lose
When it’s time to choose
You’ve got to learn to lose


Lyrics and Melody by Keith Benzie
Music by The Wynntown Marshals

credits

released October 26, 2020
Keith Benzie: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Iain Sloan: electric guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals
David McKee: bass guitar, backing vocals
Ali Petrie: hammond organ, piano
Simon Walker: drums
Andrew Taylor: percussion


Lyrics and Melody by Keith Benzie
Music by The Wynntown Marshals [Keith Benzie, Iain Sloan, David McKee, Simon Walker, and Ali Petrie]


Recorded and engineered at Wynntown HQ, Edinburgh by Andrew Taylor
Mixed and Mastered at Slate Room Studio, Pencaitland by Garry Boyle

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The Wynntown Marshals Edinburgh, UK

Formed in Edinburgh in 2007, The Marshals tip their hat to The Jayhawks, Wilco, Drive-By Truckers, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams & Neil Young.

Their sound can loosely be described as ‘country rock' with powerpop hooks, but they love layered guitars, catchy choruses and have an unabashed belief in the power of rock music as a storytelling medium.
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