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Dancin' with Your Demons

by Art Vandalay

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1.
I Been Down 04:11
Well the stones they’ve all been thrown Bridges burned to the ground I’d a forgot everything if I hadn’t written it down Had my love stripped away left me for dead Tied an anchor, tied the chains around my leg threw me to the depths Searchin’ for someone or something put the blood back in my veins Draw a circle draw a line on the map Somethin’ to show me the way To a life where the rain falls in time The flood washes me away And I been down Down to my last thread Dancin’ with the demons in my head Dragged across your riverbed I been down, I been down I been down Stared death straight in the eye Lover gone for good Watched her sink to the great below The greatest unknown Spiraled down to avoid the void Oh the tides they just rise Knowin’ damn well we all gotta sign on to The great compromise And I been down Down to my last thread Dancin’ with the demons in my head Dragged across your riverbed I been down, I been down I been down Tried to straighten out the silver lines Pave a path for my feet ‘Cause the one I’m on is leading me crooked and blind Swear I’ll make it to redemption If I make it to the other side But somehow I got caught between heaven And the light And I been down Down to my last thread Dancin’ with the demons in my head Dragged across your riverbed I been down, I been down I been down
2.
These days it’s been so hard To drag a smile across my face The last time I felt the sunshine Was in your embrace The smell of your hair and the green of your eyes Lingers on my mind I’ve tried nearly everything To wear out my blues But I’m half a man without you The summer turned cold The night we said goodbye The stars……. They came undone Now I’m sittin’ here all alone Drinkin’ to my demise Makin’ friends with solitude But I just get drunker by the hour Give me a slow and painful death Suffering would feel much better than this You stole my heartbeat, the day you left So Lord won’t you give me a Slow painful death Tie me down Across the railroad tracks I’ll dream of the hour the train rolls by And splits my body in three Frees me of a life Without you There’s one more favor I plea Give me a slow, painful death Suffering would feel so much better than this Tear my heart Right out of my chest And give me a slow painful death
3.
Steppin’ out into the sun, thickens my skin Smell the air it’s cold as blood Buildings they stare down like a barrel of a gun Millions marching to the dead beat of a drum And the concrete it’s crawlin’ under my feet Movin’ walkways carryin’ me away Just a speck in the city Just a speck in the city Getting’ high feelin’ heavy Just a speck in the city City buses screamin’ down the street Filled with faces and people I’ll never meet Days they tick by and faces grow long Static and white fills your head Now your standing on the corner waiting for you light to change Red to green, it somehow feels the same Just a speck in the city Just a speck in the city Getting’ high feelin’ heavy Just a speck in the city So easy to disappear without a trace When you hide behind your smile of decadence And grace Just a speck in the city Just a speck in the city Getting’ high feelin’ heavy Just a speck in the city
4.
Tarot Cards 03:43
Well, the tarot cards are tellin’ lies tonight And the crystal ball, is fillin’ up with fog Somebody stopped building the bridge I’m tryin’ to cross I keep on drivin’ Tryin’ to get lost When I’m on my last dyin’ breath Don’t wanna be livin’ with regrets Cause mine keep pilin’ up like poker bets And I’m prayin’ I’m prayin’ For my chips to fall Don’t worry about the road ahead It ain’t worth your mind Cast your light into the shadow To see what you might find Before the road Leaves you behind The tarot cards keep shuffling the deck Fortunes, unfortunately comin’ up blank Swear, I swear, everything’ll Be okay, okay Well alright Don’t worry about the road ahead It ain’t worth your mind Cast your light into the shadow To see what you might find Before the road Leaves you behind
5.
Way It Goes 03:53
She sways like a palm tree through my mind Oh, through my mind Speaks with a voice like an ocean breeze Puts my mind to rest, puts my mind to rest Walks in a rhythm with the crashing tide It’s takin’ me under yeah it’s takin’ me under When she’s gone Satellites crash into the ground When she’s gone World spins round and round But I know It’s just the way it goes It’s just the way it goes sometimes Just the way it goes Wanna wake up and see her smile See her smile Oh, feel her smile ‘Cause she helps me stumble through my ragged days Dance the night away Oh dance the night away When she’s gone Satellites crash into the ground When she’s gone World spins round and round But I know It’s just the way it goes It’s just the way it goes sometimes Just the way it goes Bridge: Idle hands lead to idle thoughts Lovers dream and thieves get caught, But I know, I know, I know, It’s just the way it goes It’s just the way it goes sometimes Just the way it goes
6.
Baby if you love me You can buy me a Rockmount The kind with the diamond shaped pearls like your eyes We could ride off in the sunset When the days breaks in half Like a couple of lovers who came in last I’d hang you from my arm And stitch you to my sleeve Knowin’ I could love you more than anything Baby if you love me Baby if you love me Baby if you love me you’d buy me a Rockmount Maybe if you love me You could buy me a Rockmount The kind with the roses sewn across the chest But I can see you’re tumblin’ and driftin’ Like a shaky decision You’re eyes they’re drifting to the left I know our love it may be lost, but it surely can be found Between the snaps and seams Baby if you love me Baby if you love me Baby if you love me you’d buy me a Rockmount Baby if you hate me You could buy me a Rockmount The kind with the silver threads like your clouds You could bury me with a smile under the dirt If you send me to heaven in a Cadallac of a shirt If you money can’t buy you love It’ll get you what you need To take my love from me Baby if you love me Baby if you love me Baby if you love me you’d buy me a Rockmount
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released April 24, 2009

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Art Vandalay St Paul, Minnesota

Art Vandalay is a Twin Cities-based band that blends the vintage sounds of The Band and the easy-going vibe of J.J. Cale, creating laid-back Americana music with songs that are “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News Tribune).

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