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This song is for our dear friend Johanna Gertz who passed away unexpectedly in June 2021. Anders and I met Johanna while working at a coffee shop in the Lower East Side. Her nickname was Twiggy and everyone called her Twiggy except me and Anders, I don’t know why. I started working at the coffee shop a year before Anders, and I was so scared of Johanna when I first met her. She towered over you with a huge pile of neon hair on top of her head, piercings, tattoos and long acrylic nails. I had never met anyone like her. She invited me to drinks at Max Fish after a closing shift one night and we became friends. She was my first real New York (non-NYU) friend. When Anders was hired he and Johanna always worked the closing shift and always got into trouble afterwards. We were regulars at all the bars on the block of our coffee shop and would trade lattes for margaritas with the bartenders. Johanna made art her whole life and embodied her art wholeheartedly. She spent 3 years illustrating and perfecting an incredible custom tarot card deck. She made beautiful tie dye sheets and clothing. She taught me how to crochet. She loved the beach and would spend days at the Rockaways or Coney Island beach posted up on a blanket drawing, hula hooping, journaling, creating. She loved her friends and family fiercely. We love and miss her so much.
lyrics
Hold onto all your leaves
Already have a hold on me
So scary but underneath
I’ll carry you to the beach
I’ll braid you into me
I’ll bake you bread, pour your coffee
I’ll call you Twiggy
When really you are a tree
Johanna I wanna carry you home
Turn something ordinary
Awash in color, make it free
I’ll call you Twiggy
When really you are a tree
Johanna I wanna carry you home
You make the city feel so small
Girl from Kentucky conquered it all
I wanna meet you at the bar
Where the bartender knows who you are
Ride to the last stop on the train
Meet you at Coney at the parade
Sea full of mermaids you’re the only one
Swim in the dirty ocean
You’re the ocean
Johanna I wanna carry you home
credits
from Sugar, I'm Tired,
track released July 19, 2023
Allison Becker: Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics
Anders Pierson: Lead Guitar
Paul DeSilva: Bass
Stephen Cadieux: Drums
Recording Engineer: Digo Best
Mixing Engineer: Digo Best
Mastering Engineer: Jennica Best
Recorded at Virtue and Vice Studios and Tessatura Studio, Summer 2022, New York City
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