This song is not a cover, but an actual recording by Alvino Rey and his wife Luise from 1940. It was used as a b-side of the Neighborhood #2 (Laika) single in tribute to Rey, who was Win and Will Butler’s maternal grandfather, and whose death was one of those that inspired the title and tone of the...
Nights are long since you went away
I dream about you all through the day
My buddy
My buddy
Nobody quite so true - wait, that's a wrong note and that's a wrong note and tune that flat g-string; that's better, that's better, that's better
Miss your voice and the touch of your hand
I long to know that you understand
My buddy
My buddy
Your buddy misses you
My Buddy was written by Alvino Rey.
My Buddy was produced by Arcade Fire.
Arcade Fire released My Buddy on Tue Sep 14 2004.