Slow Painful Death

from Dancin' with Your Demons by Art Vandalay

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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

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from Dancin' with Your Demons, track 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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