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Velvet Elvis

from Debut Redux by Sons Of Nothing

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written by Thom Bowers

Thom Bowers - vocals and bass
James Clark - drums
John Flanders - saxophone
Matt Meldrum - vocals, guitars & keyboards

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it's been a couple of weeks since it all went down
i've been talking to ghosts, walking the town
i need to give it all a rest
my world is a postcard, wish you were here
they tell me that i've got nothing to fear
but these times haven't been my best

i'm an altered state, but when i walk this street
stranger things have happened to me

summer came a little late this year
fortune and glory whispering in my ear
hey, things will fall in line
but now when i talk, it feels like a job
gotta pay old debts while life strings me along
in this dustbowl
while giants mark the time

at night i dream of uncharted space
change the channel and my signal fades away

it's another day with my velvet elvis
to keep me warm in my plastic pool
another way to keep my head above water
it's another night walking home alone
pretending i'm a regular joe
but i can see the world, i can see forever

it's been a couple of weeks since it all went down
watching the ghosts take over my town
they still spin around in my head

but it's all just smoke, a shot in the breeze
good cops, bad cops, and guys like me are free
we're free, but i don't wanna be

it's another day with my velvet elvis
maybe i should have stayed in school
gotta find a way to keep my head above water
it's another night on the cow road alone
fortune and glory take me home
i can see, i can see the world
forever

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from Debut Redux, released December 31, 2021

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Sons Of Nothing Los Angeles, California

Singer-songwriters Thom Bowers & Matt Meldrum (along with a host of friends and collaborators) make music that bridges the gap between pop-rock punch and art-rock extravagance.

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