Old Nick is Quick

from Genre Fluid by Dave Bradley

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There was a news story about a so-called brain-eating amoeba killing someone who was sluicing their nostrils with water from a neti pot...I threw together a lament and recorded a demo. I then had second thoughts about the original lyrics about this tragic tale and rewrote them and re-recorded the vocal entirely.

The new lyrics hang a bit like a blues song. The original opening verse hasn't changed.

It's an uptempo punky little number about getting away with it, or not, as the case may be.

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Old Nick is Quick

I woke up today
As you might have easily guessed
There’s one thing I must say
You might be less than impressed

I read in the news
There was a man with the answers
For shaking off the blues
With a shot he took his chances

He made a pact with a bottle
One more drink, he's on his way
But, he had forgotten
The liquor's quick and it made him stay

The girl she had a message
It was hidden in her underwear
The punter paid his money first
And took her in the chair

She shivered at the thought of it
His weapon in her face
Sadly, so the story goes there is no other place

She made a deal with her ego
One more trick, she's on her way
But, he's no amigo
The money's quick and it makes her stay

I woke up this morning
As you might have easily guessed
There’s one thing that I've got to say
Aren’t you just a little impressed?

They made a deal off the level
One more trick, they're on their way
But, they were bedevilled
Old Nick is quick and he makes them stay

To take them away

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from Genre Fluid, released November 24, 2023
Words and music, all vocals, and instrumentation David Bradley.

The initial artwork was generated by MidJourney and modified by dB/

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Dave Bradley UK

Guitarist, singer-songwriter. Acoustic and electric indie pop and rock originals. Singer, guitarist with C5, bigMouth, TyrannoChorus, CTW, with DJ Ad, and BarbD

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