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I found “I Got Faith” on a typewritten page in my notes. I am not sure when I wrote it. Years ago. I had forgotten it like a lot of songs I have written. In fact, most of the songs I write are never heard by anyone else. They either didn’t quite work or didn’t suit my tastes at the time. This particular one was started but never finished. When I looked at it recently, I thought it suited the mood that I was trying to set with “Ghosts” so I cleaned it up a little and opened the album with it.

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I got faith (in something)
Well she’s getting out of bed and I am raising my head… for a kiss
She says “Do I know you?” I said “I don’t think so because of you did…
You wouldn’t keep coming back here.”

As she puts herself together she asks “Why must you tear me apart?”
I say “Because I want to know what’s inside and where you start.”
She says “If you ever find out can you tell me how to get there?”

She says “I like your songs but sometimes they’re a little crude.”
I said “Thanks, I guess, and I wrote everyone for you”
She says “That’s funny. They don’t sound a bit like me.”

She asks “Why must you let in those Bible Crazies?”
I said “Because I want to know what it’s like to love a lie rather than hate reality.”
She says “You can’t love nothing unless you believe…”

I said “I got faith… in something… maybe it’s you.”
She said “That’s crazy.”

As she finishes getting dressed I say “Let me help you out of that mess.”
She says “No. I need this armor to face the wilderness.”
I said “I’ll do my best… to understand.”

She says “Have a nice day” as she heads out the door.
I said “You don’t fool me. You’ll be back here for more.”
She says “Not if I can help it. Lucky for you, I can’t….”

Because I got faith… in something…. maybe it’s you.”
I said “You’re crazy.”

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from Ghosts, released January 19, 2013

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J. P. Whipple (Barefoot John Whipple) Salt Lake City, Utah

J. P. Whipple is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has spent a life drifting across the country singing old time roots, blues, and country.

He is a founding member of the psychedelic band Tycoon Machete: tycoonmachete.bandcamp.com ... more

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