I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
When I'm not playing solitaire
I take a book down from the shelf
And what with programs on the air
I keep pretty much to myself
Missed the Saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bare it without you
Don't get around much anymore
Oh, darling, I guess
My minds more at ease
But never the less
Why stir up memories
Been invited all day
Might have gone, but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore
Oh, darling, I guess
My minds more at ease
But never the less
Why stir up memories
Been invited all day
Might have gone, but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore
Don't get around much anymore
Don't get around much anymore
I take a book down from the shelf
And what with programs on the air
I keep pretty much to myself
Missed the Saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bare it without you
Don't get around much anymore
Oh, darling, I guess
My minds more at ease
But never the less
Why stir up memories
Been invited all day
Might have gone, but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore
Oh, darling, I guess
My minds more at ease
But never the less
Why stir up memories
Been invited all day
Might have gone, but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore
Don't get around much anymore
Don't get around much anymore
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore Lyrics as written by Bob Russell Duke Ellington
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