Vegas

by STAGG

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This is a song I wrote after my first experience in Las Vegas. I had a bit of time to kill so made the dodgy decision to go sight-seeing down the Strip... by myself and completely sober! It was quite a numbing experience. Everything seemed like a crumbling facade with only an aching hollow beneath.

This track was made with the help of some great friends in my home of Glasgow, Scotland.

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It's a long walk down Las Vegas Strip
When you're all on your own
Down to your last chip, oh-oh-oh
All humanity wont meet your eye
So you go with the flow to do or die
And put it all on black

Just put it all on black
Just put it all on black

Can't wake up from this nightmare
Fanplastical castles in the air - where all the monsters stare
So you look down to your feet
To the cigarette buts and titties gone unsold
I think it's time to fold

And put it all on Black
Just put it all on Black

The 20 years she ruled your life
Just feel like a blip
Compared to the last 20 minutes since you
took it back and lost it all 'cept this last chip
In a drunken cliché that feels like virtual reality
The love is dead and love is red so red is dead
So put it all on black

Just put it all on black
Just put it all on black

credits

released November 3, 2016
Stagg - Vocals, piano, accordion
Gordy Duncan Jr - Drums, percussion and bass
Calum Ingram - Cello

Words lyrics and arrangement by Stagg
Produced by Thomas Brumby and Stagg
Audio engineering and Mixing by Thomas Brumby
Mastering by J & G Audio

Recorded at Carlton Studios, Glasgow, Scotland.

Cover art - Stagg

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STAGG Glasgow, UK

Stagg is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who creates a unique fusion of nu-folk through worldly influences and roots in Scottish traditional music.
heystagg@gmail.com

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