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L Train

by The Drowning Lovers

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This one is set in Chicago and it's about a shiny gun and a deal gone wrong. Our heroine -who thought it was true love -has been had -oh MY!

Paul Snow worked out the early structure of this tune with pals Nathan Logan and Stu Cole. The end result is a highly sleek version recorded and produced by John Plymale at Overdub Lane. Any money raised through Bandcamp will work towards continued studio recording. So grateful for the support!

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L-Train

Shined it up for you.
Loaded it too.
Struck a few poses.
Wondering what you might do.
Pretended to cast off one or two,
Then laid it on the table for you.

And then you -you left me on the L-Train cold.
You left me on the L-Train cold.
What happened to you?
What happened to you?

What did you dooooo?
What did you do?
I packed your suitcase and waited on the corner ‘til twenty of two.
I’ve got the money but, honey, it’s worthless if I don’t have you.
And I don’t have you.

Oh –you. You left me on the L-Train cold.
You left me on the L-Train cold.
What happened to you?
What happened to you?

What did you doooo?
What did you do?
I took the redline to Roosevelt
And then I scoured the park.
I found your boat at DuSable and waited ‘til well after dark.
Should you have a plan to re-embark.

Oh –you. You left me on the L-Train cold.
You left me on the L-Train cold.
You left me on the LTrain cold.

Bah-bah-b-dahdah.
Bah-bah-b-dahdah.
Bah-bah-b-dahdah.

What did you doooo?
What did you do?
I ran into Malik, he bought me a gimlet
He still thinks you’re a cop.
I telephone Bridgette, she cried when she told me
You never made the drop.
And now I’ve made it home, I see
My very last stop.

You. You left me on the L-Train cold.
Left me on the L-Train cold.
Left me on the L-Train cold.

So c-coohhhh-ohhhld. So c-coohhhh-ohhhld. So c-coohhhh-ohhhld.

Left me left me-so cold. Left me left me -so cold. (Repeats)

credits

released September 17, 2018
Music by Paul Snow
Lyrics and Vox Melody by Meredith Sause
Additional Parts written and performed by The Drowning Lovers: John Gillespie, Lisa Lindsay, and Robert Cantrell
Plucky Violin part by Mara Shea

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The Drowning Lovers Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lounge, jazz, folk, pop mixture in Chapel Hill, NC. Lyrics are story songs and abstractions. Themes delve into crimes of passion, revenge and, of course, love.

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