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THE SHORT SWEET LIFE OF ANGELA DEUEL live demo
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A bossa nova about an episode that happened shortly before we moved from the L.A house we bought from Bo Diddley to the North Carolina farmhouse where my father was born.
an elegy to our last days in l a
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Sold a song to Disney at 12, masterminded a family band in my teens, wrote theater/cabaret in NYC in my youth, quit songwriting for a spell, now I’m back!
I love writing songs that capture strong feelings I’ve had about a time, person or place, and that wrap you in those feelings with a sumptuous arrangement and much to surprise the ear. I’m drawn to seductive rhythms and sophisticated chords, and themes of longing, carnality and joy. I want my listeners to be astonished!
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #9
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
Music and lyrics by Sam Austin
Uploaded
November 07, 2021
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MP3 9.4 MB • 320 kbps • 4:05
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WAV 41.3 MB
Story behind the song
My sister, inspired by my fathers hijinks, kept leaving prank messages on a dating service until the angry owner picked up and scared her. In my memory it became a metaphor for our short-lived Los Angeles adventure.
Lyrics
Angela Deuel Was so hot she was about to explode So, she explained Shed have to leave her number in code Are ya taking this down? Cause its A-B-C, 1-2-3 Wont you find a date for me? Till the man who was running the business Picked up and said Who the hell is this? Angela Deuel Hung up with her eyes full of dread Angela Deuel Ran off to hide under the bed She lived and died in a day She ran out of things to say And that was THE SHORT SWEET LIFE OF ANGELA DEUEL Dad said to call Make up a character name He was George Hall An eighty year-old acting game In search of a date It was such a blast, it caught on fast The date lines fake expanding cast Till Miss Angela ended the roll call Till the bill came And it was a toll call Angela Deuel Had barely begun to deceive Three months went by We all had to pack up and leave She lived and died in a day Not long before we moved away And that was THE SHORT SWEET LIFE OF ANGELA DEUEL (INTERLUDE) Angela Deuel Had barely begun to deceive Three months went by We all had to pack up and leave She lived and died in a day Not long before we moved away And that was THE SHORT SWEET LIFE OF ANGELA DEUEL Where did she go? Nobody seems to know But a friend took over the mortgage And we drained the swimming pool And that was THE SHORT SWEET LIFE OF ANGELA DEUEL
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