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Life in Vain

by Shot to Hell

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1.
Fallout Now 02:56
I’ve been drinking a bottle of your sweet wine You really know how to pour it out I was thinking that we should do a main line You really know how to make me wanna make out I was choking on wet dreams and sweet fumes You really know how to work it out I was hoping that you would let it hang lose You really know how to make me wanna walk out But I don’t wanna go You’re lovely mama let it flow Go on let it hang out Yeah, you gotta let it flow You gotta let it fall out now... You got a lot of love, you got a lot of love You got a lot of love, you got a lot of love I was sinking in dreams where you’d let go You really know how to block them out I was thinking that you should just hang lose You really know how to make me wanna walk out
2.
Master Plan 04:07
Looking into the faces, of the kids down on the street Sometimes they get so dark that I can’t see So I try to move along, to search for some relief Sometimes I drink so much I can’t hardly see And I feel like I’m losing, and heading to my bitter end But you say that I’m part of some Master Plan And you tell me not to worry, that I’m part of this Master Plan But I feel like I’m falling–to my death Falling down, where it’s cold Sometimes I feel like there’s dirt down in my soul But I want to be dignified, when I’m old I wanna keep what’s bitter far away from my soul So I spoke to a wise man, I said, “Help me move along.” He said, “It’s hard to see clearly where you went wrong.” He said, “Always bring some joy, to others even though, “It may feel like a foreign scene to your soul.” “Always bring some joy, to others even though You’re always crying, inside, as you go…”
3.
There’s only one…motivation To keep you trying And then there’s one…that knocks you down Flat on your face And there you lie, so prostrate Clinging desperately To your state of mind Hoping… That things might improve There’s always two…emotions That wear you down This depression…draws you out The other drags you down There’s always one…too many drunkards Sitting at the bar They’re always talking…about all the reasons They’re down and out And so you listen, and await Clinging desperately Or letting go… Before things improve Things might improve They might improve
4.
I believe in the afterlife Won’t you kill me now and take me all the way? The promised land is honest land I wanna sleep right now and go all the way... I believe in the afterlife But I’m gonna have a break down I don’t know if you heard me But I gotta get away from you Gotta get away from you… I believe in an honest man When he comes to me and he shakes me by the hand And when you come, come all the way Don’t leave me on the side or lead me far astray …how many times do I have to get a load of this low-down-mother-fucking-bull-shit??? (x4)
5.
This thing is such a dissonant love You love to sing in a minor key Have yourself and old-time sing-along Play a sad chord, I’ll be your song So pick up and instrument Play your best dissonant love song, oh… I want to hear it Everything, please won’t you share I’m waiting, sing that refrain Waiting for your lies once again… Here you come, you’re serving up the platter I’m here, I’m eating, getting fatter Oh man, it really don’t matter It hurts, but I’ll keep singing/playing If you want me to sing/play with you This love is your ticket out Sing everything you need to feel Well how about a little guilt, despair? You look so desperate there This thing is such a dissonant love song You love-this dissonant love (song)
6.
Hearse 04:28
caught a bird by the wing And he told me everything, you have done I took you at your word And it blacked out my world, and the sun I just can’t seem to get no pleasure And you only make it worse I was told that you won’t be happy ‘Til I’m dead, and you’re Driving my hearse What a ride that would be Where the hell did you think this road would lead? Well it’s a one-way ride Straight to hell when I die, and you’re in the lead A lonely road, a frigid lake, When I day dream I lie awake Lived and learned, not too well Looks like I’m going straight to hell! At least I got you first I lay you down for the hearse and I won’t drive It’s a one-way ride Straight to hell when I die
7.
Well, I thought about an angel, holding me Taking me under, her silver wing And I thought about a lonely man, who never had no one And he cried all night, over never reaching out What were you thinkin' In the last 3 minutes of your life? Then I thought about my daughter, always by my side Where I thought she’d always be, for the rest of my life But she got took away, by my wife So I ran away, for the rest of her life
8.
Crackpot 04:52
I’m in love With that stuff That you do That you do to me all of the time And I’m out of my mind… I’m a gun And I’ve had enough Of all the ways All the ways that you lead me along And you’re alone with me tonight… CHORUS Crackpot! I’m in love! Crackpot! I’m in love! I had the look That you didn’t see My eyes reveal They reveal that deepest and darkest side of me, yeah And I’ll take you tonight…
9.
Cash It In 04:12
You want their minerals, they need your cash Don’t they know money won’t last? So you took what they held most dear And destroyed what you can’t understand And there you sit… all alone… breathing air Til' the clouds roll in and there’s no more air to breathe in Take their gods from them til there’s nothing more To believe in Take their land And cash it in Your word is strong, or so they say The law is on your side Tear up the river and lay your waste Turn away as you slap and open hand You take away and you cash it in You take the land and you cash it in You take away and you cash it in You take their land and you cash it in
10.
Honey Wild 08:01
The guitar sings, out of tune I can’t show, you nothing Nothing new A ten foot pole, to touch you with A gaffer’s hook, to draw me Draw me in Honey wild. Honey wild You’re like amber in my eyes Amber in my mind Amber in my eyes You’re my honey wild A jack-knife truck, in a frozen ditch Your brother in law, is a dead A dead son of a bitch Family law, American style You’re so sweet, Honey You’re my honey wild Honey wild. Honey wild Honey wild. Honey wild. Honey Wild. Honey Wild. Yer my honey wild Yer my honey wild Yer my honey wild Yer my honey wild

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released October 31, 2008

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Shot to Hell La Crosse, Wisconsin

Using comparisons to describe Shot To Hell is relatively useless. These hard-hitting cow-punkers from La Crosse, WI cover more ground than a stampeding herd of pissed-off buffalo...With one foot firmly planted in today's indie-garage rock and one firmly planted in yesterday's country horse-apple, Shot To Hell makes the combination of country sensibility and punk ethos work better than most. ... more

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