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Bright Eyes "First Day Of My Life"

Bright Eyes "First Day Of My Life"

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Song Analysis #21: Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Title: ‘First Day of My Life’Where to find it: ‘I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning’ (2005, Saddle Creek Records)Performed by: Bright EyesWords by: Conor Oberst Last year, I was particularly taken by a telly advert for American real estate company Zillow with a little snippet of what sounded like a sweet love song. Good pairing, I surmised. I didn’t think much about it until last month, when randomly Stuart Maconie played the song from where that snippet came from. I maximised my iPlayer window to see what song it was and by whom. What?

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