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The Millionaire Sleeps Tonight [demo]

from Wolfcastle Says Goodnight by Bambling / Swithen

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There were three very different versions of this song. I quite liked this one.

The version we haven't published was a compromise between the two, but slow and loud and about 6 minutes long.

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Evening time and i'm feeling groggy
I need a little pick me up
A couple of pills washed down with coffee
Yeah gotta love that stuff
Now i'm set to go
To spread a little fun and joy
I bring to the stage a reputation
Which at this stage i could only destroy
But tonight i want it different
I just want to kill the lights
Tell those folks the party's canceled
The millionaire sleeps tonight

Haven't seen sunlight since august
Been rattling round in this hotel
The suite has a bar and pool
So i guess that's pretty swell
Security let some groupies in
Though i'd rather talk to a real fan
One who understands my music
And who'll tell me how great i am
But they know i'm going nowhere
And i know the mirrors aren't a pretty sight
Tell those vultures to lay off now
So the millionaire can sleep tonight

[short verse for instrumental break]

There's two books on my bedside table
The ladies love a man who reads
Theres a cup of pills to help me sleep
And a mask to help me breathe
Sometimes i get so wild and anxious
Still i feel too tired to face this plight
If my eyes could just stay closed forever
The millionaire will sleep tonight

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from Wolfcastle Says Goodnight, released June 15, 2012
Lyrics by Chris Bambling, music by Ben Swithen

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Ben Swithen Sheffield, UK

Ben Swithen is a person.

Here you can find their music - solo work, and a Doctor-Who- and-Cheese double-concept concept-album by The Potential Bees (who are a two- or three- person band), which forces both concepts into every song).

You can also find Ben Swithen on Youtube, but why would you even? ... more

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