YOU WANTED FOREVER
YOU GOT THIS INSTEAD
SO I’LL SAY “SAYONARA”
AND SIGH ONE LAST BREATH
ALL ENGINEERED DOWN IN MY DEATHBED
SO TURN UP THE VOLUME
TURN UP MY I.V.
JOEY AND BOWIE AND LITTLE OLD ME
WE’RE ALL CASTING SHADOWS
FROM OUR DEATHBED
AND MY DEATHBED IS A PLACE WHERE
CAN’T NOBODY CONTROL ME
AND MY DEATH BED IS A PLACE WHERE YOU AND I
DON’T HAVE TO FEEL LONELY ANYMORE
SO I’M CALLING OUT TO YOU
FROM YOUR SPEAKERS I’LL COME THROUGH
AND I’M MAKING ROOM FOR TWO
IN MY DEATHBED
I’M SORRY MY DARLING
BUT I WON’T LOOK BACK
AND THE CREDITS ARE ROLLING
AS I FADE TO BLACK
IT’S THE DIRECTORS CUT
FROM MY DEATHBED
ENJOY EVERY SANDWICH
IT MAY BE CLICHÉ
NOW THAT I’M NOT AROUND
I’M GONNA BE FAME-AND-FORTUNE-BOUND
‘TIL THEN I’LL BIDE MY TIME
FROM MY DEATHBED
credits
from Year of the Snake,
released April 17, 2020
S. ALLEN AND D. FELDMAN
CONTRABAND PUBLISHING CO. (BMI)
Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 15, 2021