Not Back to Sad

from See You in Marfa (EP) by Salim Nourallah

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The See You in Marfa EP is a collaborative effort with English guitarist/songwriter/producer, Marty Willson-Piper. Marty spent over 30 years in the Australian band, the Church. During the Fall of 2018 Salim assembled his long-time band of John Dufilho (Deathray Davies/Apples in Stereo), Joe Reyes (Buttercup), Richard Martin (Shibboleth) and Jason Garner (Polyphonic Spree) for the first time since 2011's Hit Parade. Along with Marty, co-producing and playing guitar, the group of six musicians cut an album and a half's worth of songs in a Nashville studio called Welcome to 1979. Plans to release a full length album of the material fell through when the Covid pandemic struck in March of 2020 and forced Marty to cancel plans to come to the United States and tour with Salim. Salim ended up indefinitely shelving the album, A Nuclear Winter. The five song See You in Marfa EP includes bonus material from the Nashville sessions as well as "Hold on to the Night," a song Salim and Marty wrote together.

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I wrote this one a long time ago. I used to play it with my brother, Faris. When I was fishing for songs to record with Marty and the band I pulled this one up, fixed a few lines with better words, and presented it to the guys. I had this bass line groove I still remembered. I sang it to Jason Garner and he made it even better. The band fell in effortlessly and this was one of the easiest tunes we ever recorded.

lyrics

so happy all the time
all my friends just roll their eyes
so easy when she smiles
to feel okay, feel alive

no going back
no going back to sad
no going back to the life that i had
not back to sad

i keep waiting for my luck
to go running out on me
i keep waiting to wake up
from this lovely little dream

no going back
no going back to sad
no going back to the life that i had
not back to sad

no more rainy days
no forecast full of pain
sunlight is on my face

everything is bright
all my worries out of sight
i ditched the weight of the world for clear, blue skies...

no going back
no going back to sad
no going
back to the life that i had
no going
back to the life that i had
not back to sad

credits

from See You in Marfa (EP), released May 1, 2022
Salim: lead vocal
Paul Averitt: backing vocals
Joe Reyes: electric guitars
Marty Willson-Piper: electric guitars
Richard Martin: keyboards
Jason Garner: Bass
John Dufilho: drums

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PSR Music Group Dallas, Texas

We used to be Palo Santo but now we're Happiness under the PSR music Group. Salim Nourallah and Alex Dezen run this thing so you can have an option for music that doesn't involve the Sony Music Group.