FAWM: "We've Come a Long Way"

We've Come a Long Way

2025 by @bootlegger

Liner Notes

I have 3 siblings. Life is crazy. One day you're a kid and you're surrounded by family and the next thing you know you have your own family and everyone is off doing their own thing.

Lyrics

little champagne dog i forget his name but he was always around Over at our cousin's house

cookie plates on holidays chocolate minty crunch wiping melt on jeans pet the dog and run

sister moved her family next door fixed it up and full of kids new pets and soccer games she’s come a long way

we’ve come a long way

brother born in a navy town a place i never knew but you could see it on his face nothing else felt like home

twists and turns of life brought us together and apart he gave every place a chance he’s gone a long way

we’ve come a long way

what can i say that hasn’t already been said? how can i put in to words? we rarely get the four of us together but when we do look out

we’ve come a long way

Comments

@musicsongwriter 2025

Beautiful song, singing and playing. Love the sentiment and the emotion. Performed with heart.

@skylermf 2025

I love this, these lyrics are so creative. I love the verse about your brother whose face looked like “nothing else felt like home.” The guitar part perfectly captures the wistfulness of the lyrics, it really brings it all together!

@frozenlonesome 2025

Very evocative song full of emotion. The guitar is really nice and I really enjoy the lo-fi sound. Makes it seem old timey. I have one sibling, but spent tons of times at my friend’s house and cottage. They had 8 kids and two are around my age. It was chaotic and wonderful. Thanks for sharing this story.

@kpollock 2025

Like it. Story is very well done

@ampersandman 2025

Love at the first seconds in. Beautiful chords, wonderfully wobbly guitar tone and the sentiment expressed in the lyrics hits home. In fact I’m a sucker for nostalgia and on the verge of tears now.

@jamesstaubes 2025

This is packed with emotion and nostalgia. That guitar figure creates such a vibe of reflection. I don't have a big family but you paint such a real picture I feel like I'm part of yours.