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La Vie en Noir

by Southern Backtones

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Pre-ripened after bedtime Bare yours and I'll reveal mine Show me now Show me now Tell me all the spots that get you hot Try to whisper so we don't get caught Tell me now Tell me now
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Bandera 03:15
Cursed band God blessed with a bad hand Shooting stars with the beautiful damned Vain reload for one last stand Church van Broke down in the heartland Goddamn No-doze cramps on a highway trance Drive straight through to Texarkan Whoa Bandera Whoa Bandera Off-brand Old boots bought second hand Ten clams Holey souls dance with a new fan Under her bed for a one night stand Whoa Bandera Whoa Bandera I swear if I'm going down, I'm going down loud Love don't know my name Slither, ride away Long way home Whoa Bandera Whoa Bandera Last stand Slow dance in the quicksand Black spit in a Lonestar can Swatting flies in a four-piece rock band
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Your clothes belong to... shaggy floor You wear a smile you dirty thing Make a dark wish On a mattress This hotel is a little dirty oh yeah Make a dark wish On a mattress Number five is a little dirty oh yeah Oh yeah Oh yeah A little dirty oh yeah The bible closed in bedside drawer Cartoons anoint freaky TV Fertile hotel tattered dark hair Number five yeah A little dirty oh yeah Fertile hotel Tattered dark hair I'm going down there you're a little dirty Oh yeah Oh yeah A little dirty oh yeah Hide your eyes bad angel Smile and do your thing Same time next week, same place Baby do your thing Oh yeah Oh yeah A little dirty oh yeah
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Pillbox 03:41
There, there, it's alright I will always come to your rescue if the world begins to end cause you cant work your TV I'll be by your side   There, there, it's alright I will always be there to comfort you If your ever short of breath cause your low on gasoline I'll be by your side   A nervous spell gloats over you Your racing heart is fear consumed   There, there, sleep tight I will always be a crutch for you If you ever wake at night twitchy from bad dreams I'll be by your side
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She vowed her love, Then Cast it aside And now she wants to give it one more try Oh but she... she crossed the line. I'm never looking back She tries to write, tries to call She must believe I've forgotten what she's done she crossed the line. I'm never looking back she crossed the line. I'm never looking back I'll never let her defile defile Years from now if she's laid to rest I might forgive her, but i never will forget she crossed the line. I'm never looking back \she crossed the line. I'm never looking back
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ou see em revolt with The Cure and the Cult Twirling to Numbers that spin on 80's night Poison Girl blooms nurseing deep rooted scars planting their curves in the Avant Garden minds Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits fall from the sky They leap from their homes spinning out of control They model their bones where beauty's not a crime Venus fledglings. la vie en noir Fake I.D. c'est Joli. Still too young to fly Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits fall from the sky What exactly happened to make you jump? What was the final straw? What horrors did you befall? Your fathers prod? Wont his stench scrub off when you wash? Did his belt come off? Did he take his love too far? Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits Dive-Disco Misfits fall from the sky They leap from their homes spinning out of control, modeling bones where beauty's not a crime A crime A crime A crime
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When bad winds blow We'll be there at the show Taking notes When things look grim We're the fools rushing in Basking in the violence Feeding on candy bars Our monster show Our monster show When shit hits fans We'll be there holding hands Laughing in the mayhem Howling with our favorite bands Our monster show Our monster show Sirens Cast your families into basements Heathens writhing in the corn plants Pray this devil passes by When heavens fall We'll rejoice in its awe
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She's gotta get sick and die one of these days She'll get sick and die one of these days All the medicine she can buy all the doctors she can hire She'll get sick and die one of these days When she's dead I'm gonna bury her with her deeds When she's dead I'm gonna bury her with her deeds Gonna bury her with her deeds Rubies and Diamonds at her feet When she gets sick and dies one of these days If I had all the power in my hands If I had all the power in my hands I would make sure her goddamn Soul never sees the promised land When she gets sick and dies one of these days When she gets sick and dies one of these days
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Driving slow bound in tortures of love Out of my league... At least she thought that she was At an A-list soiree She turned up her nose Funny how she's so down to Earth On a lonely dirt road Whoa, Whoa Bloody flowers, cherry sours I'm gonna love her to death Love her to death Cherchez le Femme! Paris, Minsk or Berlin? She was out of reach and my patience wore thin At an A-list soiree She turned up her nose Funny how she warms up to me Once she's out cold Whoa, Whoa Bloody flowers, cherry sours I'm gonna love her to death Love her to death Whoa, Whoa I will swear "I do" I'm gonna love her to Death I swear that I'll have her for better or worse To have and hold In sickness and Hell Til death do us part
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The Signs 05:12
Maybe her after-taste And dawn perfume made me high Maybe it was her padded brassiere Distorting my insight She loved to deliberate But preferred to not refer to her trade That's probably when an eyebrow should have been raised With hints so thick you'd think I might have seen the signs Red flashing signs Something's awry The rich senior men Her Mercedes Benz The money that came from nowhere The obvious clues The platform shoes The strippers she drank her veuve with That time when someone said They saw her kiss some gray old man The times when she came to bed but Was too sore to sleep with me Maybe it was her face Assuring me all was fine Did her decolletage emit rays Rendering me deaf, dumb and blind To flashing signs Something's awry Something's awry Something's awry The business girl veil the fisherman's tales The last minute hotel lunches That stray dinner coat with her pricey clothes The checkered past hung in her closet The prudent disguise The bad alibis Collegiate false advertisements The limos, the dope the toys and the ropes How could I be so stupid
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released February 11, 2012

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Southern Backtones Houston, Texas

Psychedelic voodoo blues tossed in a blender with 1960's Spaghetti Western movie soundtrack. Southern Backtones defy definition and create sounds across a broad range of genres that range from Southern to Eastern European.

Listening to their music you would never know that the dark trio make their home in Houston, TX. See you real soon on a dark desert road...
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