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Riding Down the Moon

by Wasp Summer

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New Wasp Summer demo, first previewed live in October 2014. Subtitled "If I die in Juárez" and written, after reading extensive and brave frontline journalism, about women surviving in dangerous situations.

This demo includes lines from "I Never Will Marry", a traditional song which I first heard by Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton.

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And if I die tonight
Lay out my red shoes. I will be out
Riding down the moon

I've walked to the factory
Pushing through the men and past their dark sedans
However fast they drew
Still, I knew, to be faithful
Just to me

Give a little, not too much from desperation
Give just a word or two
And though they seem like tough, unjust years
They can be pulled through

And if I die tonight
Lay out my red shoes. I will be out
Riding down the moon

He kicked in my door tonight
No, this was the last time.
I stoved in his head with his iron crow.
Living's by choice, I suppose
But the other here is rarely so

They washed my matted hair
But they won't get me medication
Workhouse Fever Blues
I'm a piece of lost property without a claimant
Jail would be more secure

I never will marry
I'll never be no man's wife
There's many a change in a young man's heart
But never a change in mine

Show a little, not too much

And if I die tonight
Lay out my red shoes. I will be out
Riding down the moon

credits

released October 25, 2014
Guitar, vocals and programming by Samantha Wareing

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Wasp Summer Berlin, Germany

After five years in Berlin, Europe’s grimy,
sleepless City of Fun, Wasp Summer makes
rock that is both agitated and dreamlike, offering grinding bass and taut drums
with spare, spaced-out guitar and
adventurous voice. The songs talk about resilience
and breaking with the past. ... more

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