I’VE BEEN HUNTING SOMETHING
BUT I JUST CAN’T GRAB IT
MY NIGHT VISION’S DEPLETED
I DROPPED MY ACOUSTIC TENDENCIES
PICKED UP ELECTRIC HABITS
I THINK IT’S JUST WHAT I NEEDED
SIT BACK AND BOY YOU LISTEN
JET BLACK GT TRANSMISSION
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
WE’RE LIVING IN A NIGHTMARE
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
THE DEVIL’S AT YOUR DOOR
SNAKES IN THE GRASS ALL START TO TALK
ABOUT MY LOSING STREAK
NOW MY NAME IN THE MIX
SERPENTS ALL RELEARNED HOW TO WALK
THEY GOT NICER SHOES THAN ME
THEY GOT REAL CUSTOM KICKS, MAN
SIT DOWN AND STOP YOUR BITCHIN’
I HIT TOWN IN THE POLE POSITION
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
WE’RE LIVING IN A NEON NIGHTMARE
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
THE DEVIL’S AT YOUR DOOR
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
BABY, I’M A NEON NIGHTMARE, BABY
AND IT’S SAFE TO SAY
THERE’S NOTHING SAFE NO MORE
JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY
JACKIE SAID IT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO
JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY
JACKIE SAID IT SHOULD’VE HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO
JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY
BUT WHERE JACKIE WENT I JUST DON’T KNOW
JACKIE SAID HE GOTTA GO IT HIS OWN WAY
JACKIE SAID… JACKIE SAID…
WE’RE LIVING IN A NEON NIGHTMARE…
BABY, I’M A NEON NIGHTMARE, BABY…
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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