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Danse Macabre

by The Chamberlains

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Bring yourself around, the party’s goin’ down!

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Gregor’s bound up in a rug
Besmirched by cyanide and blood

And Willy’s etched upon a plaque
Some errant lead lodged his back

Martha’s burned up in her frock
A pyric flash makes front page shock

And Harry’s gone and bust a gut
Now six feet down and pushing up

And Issy’s hit the highway for new love
With affectations quite the cut above

And Lindy’s packed and from the coup she’s flown
The final destination still unknown

And Sherry’s just about to croak
Something log-jammed sideways in his throat

Ernie’s propped up ‘gainst the bed
Two barrels pitched up in his head

And Norma’s naked ‘neath the sheets
Gone gorged herself on long retreat

Angie’s head is in the trough
The junker’s out back written off

And Judy’s shrivelled in the tub
As Mickey courses through her blood

And Brian’s floating face down in the pond
The frogs calls echo out and over yond

And Jack has slumped down underneath the bar
Gone one too many, finally one too far

And Harold’s swimming out to sea
Thought a saw a glass eye blink at me

Jim n’ James are side by side
And Jimmy’s somewhere ‘neath the drive

And Nancy’s cold upon the tiles
While Beau is off one million miles

Ian’s dangling up on high
And John has bid a late goodbye

And Vic has gone and got the chop
With two lil’ kids left mopping up

And Christa’s off this evening on a ride
With bridle dangling off and to the side

And Dee is weaving hard and winding through
With base precautions nixed among the crew

And Stephen’s got a bleeding heart
That fate all but sealed from the start

Amy went hard unto dawn
Now crashed out flat and all forlorn

And Nelson’s zonked out on the floor
With gumdrops trailing out the door

Davey’s fading into black
With no intent of coming back

And Lenny’s tumbled from the bed
Some nighttime cretin knocked his head

The King has abdicated from the throne
The dirty deets all far and widely known

And now the Queen has bid the hordes farewell
On exit hear the tolling of the bell

The dynasty droves are coming ‘round
Marching lockstep on the spiral down

The dynasty droves are coming ‘round
Marching lockstep all the long way down

credits

released March 31, 2023
Songwriting, Guitars, Bass & Vocals: Mike Stephens
Drums: Matt Moore
Production: Ben Worsey
Mastering: Cefe Flynn
Recorded August 2022 at Everland Studios, Sydney

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The Chamberlains Sydney, Australia

The project of Sydney-based musician and poet Michael Stephens, The Chamberlains fuse loud and abrasive rock tones with darkly comic lyricism exploring the absurd and grotesque corners of modern society.

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