Velvet Wasteland

from Vamp by The LaDells

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All the failed seekers are pilin' up in mounds and
I been searchin' for a velvet underground
The cattle are dyin' to call me their own and my
Soul is closin' in on the drone
With the chance of escape lookin' more and more grim
Today I find it pointless to join in the hymn

'Cause this town is eating itself from inside
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
What will she do when her play thing has died
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
My mind is a velvet wasteland

The hermit lived most when he felt he was dead
The bleeding hearts and artists came and unscrewed is head
And tied it to the back of the acid test bus
Where it spent the bumby ride collectin' magic dust
That clogged up his hears, went to the depths of his brain
And that was the day that the head embraced the pain

This town is eating itself from inside
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
What will she do when her play thing has died
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
My mind is a velvet wasteland

Well your face is so fine
You're rawness divine
Why don't ya come over here
Let's catch the fear
Let's get up and dance
We'll embrace the romance
We'll be in over our heads
And then we'll cut all the threads

A lonely wanderer above the sea of fog
Stands atop the rocky cliff, his brain is a bog
The path was in sight, but has evaded his vision
His genius and artistry may never know precision
The horizon has faded, the goal is ever clear
He gotta embrace the weird, man, he gotta get outta here

'Cause this town is eating itself from inside
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
What will she do when her play thing has died
And my mind is a velvet wasteland
My mind is a velvet wasteland

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from Vamp, released May 15, 2015

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The LaDells Long Beach, California

From the dark and bloody ground of Provo, Utah to the violence of the sun in Long Beach, California--Max Punck, Saliva Plath, Olin Hel--THE LADELLS--Maximum rock and roll!!

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