Song about a not-so-nice character. Rough mix. Put together at our latest Demo Exchange summit in Chicago. From total ignorance to "finished" tracks: 2 hrs. 2 minutes. Thanks guys and girls!

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Story: I'm sure you'll figure it out. ;o)
Personnel:
Ozone Pete, guitar and vox
Jerry Waggoner, electric guitar
Rick Williamson, bass and [ending] acoustic gits
Bob Hansen, drums
Matt Pedersen, organ
Joe Rubio, piano
Chorale:
The DX-ettes!: Shelly Ali; Mare Adams; Michel Williamson; Diona Waggoner; with (you know...the guy) Matt Pedersen

Nightfall

In this part of town where no one lives,
and fewer are befriended;
I've dragged my cold and bitter life,
and I know now that it's ended.
The old machines yearn for the dreams,
of eternal rust;
In the punched-out windows vacant stare,
I bleed in the grease and dust...
...and the night falls; and the rain comes down.

I think I had a childhood, not sure I can recall;
I think my dad knocked it out of me, when he put me through that wall;
I hit the street with anxious feet,
and a thirst for steel control;
I learned that blood for money,
fed a vengeance in my soul,
...when the night fell; and the rain came down.

Through years of clouded evenings, I plied my chosen trade;
But sharing deadly secrets makes even hardened men afraid.
The wheel it spins back on my sins,
I didn't see the turning tide;
Dark promise made, I am betrayed,
Two bullets in my side.
...and the night falls; and the rain comes down.

Oh, I guess I'm movin' on,
With a wasted heart and a crippled song...
...as the night falls; and the rain comes down.

No more days of haunted footsteps, slipping down the hall;
No more nights in the dead embrace of angel alcohol;
At Perdition's gates, I stand and wait,
And I see them swinging wide;
The Devil will laugh and welcome me,
When I tell him that I died,
...when the night fell; and the rain came down.