Stagger Lee

from The Midnight Companion by Vandelay

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Take a seat at the diner and the… coffee's sweet.
Compared to the rest, all stuck here… making ends meet.
I took her love and her money… then I ran.
Now I’m taking it all... as far as I can.

I come home to an empty house, but find her full of tears.
Also covered in sweat, smell of sex, so I know someone’s been here.
Bad while she tells me where he went and I’m gone.
Better while on the highway, I stop before dawn.

Hey, Stagger Lee!
You shot Billy!
Hey, Stagger Lee!
...Poor Billy.

I should get back on the road… one more cigg.
Think of what I've done and… who I’ve did.
Then the door gives a chime… if she were mine.
And the stranger doesn't seem… too strange.

Shake off my coat, and my hat, but my gun it stays dry.
Bum a smoke off a joker who suddenly seems too sad.
I think there’s something about you.
I think I know who you are…

Hey, Stagger Lee!
You shot Billy!
Hey, Stagger Lee!
You shot Billy!

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from The Midnight Companion, released September 23, 2016

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Vandelay Los Angeles, California

Vandelay burst onto the scene like a drunken thief from a bank vault. Their debut LP "Mean What You Say" is full-frontal Garage Blues armed with live-wire harmonica solos, freight-train rhythm, and searing fuzz guitar lines. Imagine if The Black Keys and The Strokes got into a street fight then formed a band with the last men standing. You can't help but clap along (if that's what you're into). ... more

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