Vicke Lee

by Matt Robert

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The second track produced between Matt and Bruce Pierce, at American Bull Studio, in Upton, MA.

The song came quickly to me a few years back after reading a newspaper account about an old cold case.

Bruce provided invaluable suggestions for the song, and Brooks provided the perfect haunting accompaniment to emphasize the plaintive text.

lyrics

Not everybody is who they want to be.

Vicke Lee came from Kansas; told everybody she was from Denver
And fifty years ago, they say she took a ride from a man said he'd take her there
Anywhere.
They say she took a ride from a man said he'd take her there.

Some say she boarded a bus out of town
Left her husband in a diner waiting.
He never said goodbye, never did kiss her.
He paid the check and said, "That's the strangest thing
Strangest thing
Why would anybody go running off that way?"

Others say she ran with her professor.
He made her feel so smart, new, and free.
She was gonna go where nobody knew her
Find someplace where maybe she could start again
Start again.
Everybody deserves a chance to start again.

Dyed her hair from black to brown to ginger
Sighed in the mirror, did it all again.
Her husband said, "I love you for who you are."
Vicke said, "Maybe who I am ain't who I want to be,
Want to be."
"Not everybody is who they want to be.

Vicke Lee came from Kansas; told everybody she was from Denver
And fifty years ago, they say she took a ride from a man said he'd take her there
Anywhere.
They say she took a ride from a man said he'd take her there.

Not everybody is who they want to be.

credits

released October 1, 2021
Words and music by Matt Robert
Recorded summer of 2021 at American Bull Studios, Upton, MA.
Engineer/Producer: Bruce Pierce
Mastering: Bob St. John

Nylon guitar, Dobro, vocals: Matt Robert
Piano and Accordion: Brooks Milgate Drums: Bruce Pierce

Cover art by Quinn Robert/Distortion.net on Instagram.

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Matt Robert Worcester, Massachusetts

New England musician, performing solo acoustic, original and roots covers as well as in Matt&Marty Acoustic Mayhem, with Marty Ayotte.

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