This song is a clip from a live performance on THE LOUNGE!
THE LOUNGE on KateNyx.tv is home to many wild and whimsical experiences; this is what we call a "Genre Benre", where I take a song and play it in a different genre on the fly. The "benres" as well call them are chosen at random, the options being Fantasy Folk, Lounge Crooner, Old Time Country, Riot Grrl, Spooky, and [REDACTED]. To explain it simply, [REDACTED] is what happens when I let the vibes flow through me and what ever comes out comes out!
"Spring Cleaning" is a song from my 2015 album Sage & Silver Bullets, which is also available here on Bandcamp: katenyx.bandcamp.com/album/sage-silver-bullets [you can find the original version there]
The next virtual variety special on THE LOUNGE is May 30th, but you can also join us for Music & Mayhem on May 9th, which is a casually chaotic entirely unplanned evening of musical mischief just such as this!
lyrics
it's been a little while now, the both of us moved on
our love is dust behind us, the passion's dead and gone
and i mean it when i tell you, i hope you're doing well
but I gotta say this, baby, I'd sell my soul to send you straight to hell
i can't recall the moment i decided your fate
perhaps when I was talking to the other woman on your plate
i've never been a side dish, and i didn't take it well
yeah, i gotta say this, baby, i'd sell my soul to send you straight to hell
you're a looker not a lover
but i'm a fighter so take cover
and i've got the kind of ammo that you can't buy
i'm doing some spring cleanin'
i'm exorcising demons
so bring my whiskey and my guitar cause someone is gonna die
i'd say that i was joking, but i can't say a word
and lying is a sin, my dear, i don't believe you heard
and after all the wrong you did me, i'm trying not to dwell
but i gotta say this, baby, i'd sell my soul to send you straight to hell
you're a cheater, not a player
but i'm a devil slayer
and you ain't got nothing on the game I'm gonna bring
i'm doing some spring cleanin
i'm exorcising demons
so ring a bell because it's about damn time this angel got her wings
i heard a wise man sayin' the past should stay the past
but if i never looked behind me, i wouldn't know just what i had
i've found a man who loves me and truly treats me well
but i still think about how i'd sell my soul to send you straight to hell
credits
released May 5, 2023
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Durham, NC singer-songwriter Skylar Gudasz makes intimate Americana delivered with dry wit and stunningly precise vocal acumen. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 14, 2020