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This was the 30th song recorded for the album. I was reading some article where they were interviewing a really high level executive dude who had this strange self-awareness where he was like, “Look, I make tons of money, and I’m super valuable to my company, but if I died tomorrow, they’d post my job listing before they posted my obituary.” I started writing the song immediately after reading that. Even though the lyrics are short, I just knew it had to be this big long operatic thing. Was thinking a lot about the (problematic) Ween song Buenos Tardes Amigo, about Freebird, about Champagne Supernova, and of course about A Day in the Life. For a long time, I naturally assumed this would be the last song on the album. How could I possibly top it? But I didn’t love it as an ending. It was a bit too sad, and not in a cathartic way. Like Dying Bee and The Hill I’m Gonna Die On, it had big penultimate-song-energy where it built up to the climax, but left you wanting one last tune to take you home. It also felt like a representation of my mindset and views on the world since starting this project. The Hill I’m Gonna Die On is specifically about covid and how fucked that’s all been, but this was more about zooming out to this larger issue: the way we operate day to day as human beings is not okay. Weirdly, it was also written during the last of my unemployment, but the threat of having to work again loomed large and definitely took over my subconscious. It’s a thematic conclusion to all the Big Issues I sought to explore over hundreds of songs in this pandemic trilogy. But like the first two albums, the last song needed to be personal.

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Obituary job post in the paper:
A man just died and his job is free
He left two children and an office
His wife is sad and they’re hiring

He can’t work no more, no more
Apparently, he worked quite often
They put his stuff in a box by the door
and they put his body in a coffin

I apply, they want to meet me
They make sure I have a pulse
If my buttocks fills the seat,
they’ll be giving me a call

I start work for the rest of my days
And most nights, but that’s expected
I think of you and the kids we could raise
I think of the life I could’ve protected

Obituary job post on a website
Now I see it all so clear
If this is your hill to die on,
you better bring a case of beer

Now I live in your thoughts and the trees
Hanging with my predecessor
No vaccine for eternal disease
No reform for the oppressor

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from The First Songs in the World, released February 3, 2023

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Where Is Your Dog Now? Los Angeles, California

Where Is Your Dog Now? is an alt-rock music project by Andrew Haworth based in Los Angeles. He has recorded hundreds of songs since its inception. Each album is a “greatest hits” compilation of these songs, constructed in large part based on feedback given by his mother. Haworth experiments with a wide range of genres, but most of his songs end up sounding like power-pop, and that's okay. ... more

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