Name: Bitter Tears
Duration: P00H04M19S
Description: For the past 8 years or so, I've been putting on an annual Murder Ballads Bash each year at the Starry Plough. It always ends up being an incredible night of music, with many talented artists and musicians performing tales of murder, misery and despair. One year, we asked that everyone performing write a new song just for the occasion, to be debuted that night. This is the one I wrote.

Bitter Tears

from Val Esway + El Mirage - Pretend To Believe by Val Esway

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For the past 8 years or so, I've been putting on an annual Murder Ballads Bash each year at the Starry Plough. It always ends up being an incredible night of music, with many talented artists and musicians performing tales of murder, misery and despair. One year, we asked that everyone performing write a new song just for the occasion, to be debuted that night. This is the one I wrote.

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Bitter tears, bitter tears I cried for you
And oh how it killed me to say goodbye to you
And the gasoline burns now the tables are turned
So my love, there's gonna be no more crying for you

And I won't weep as I lay you down to sleep
This cold lullaby has dried up all of my...

Bitter tears, bitter tears now you're takin' your turn
Tell me how does it feel when your heart starts to burn?
With a gun or a knife I'll take your love or your life
Either way, there's gonna be no more cryin' for you

And I won't weep as I lay you down to sleep
This cold lullaby has dried up all of my bitter tears

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from Val Esway + El Mirage - Pretend To Believe, released February 24, 2007
Featuring Berge Thomasian, Joe Rut, and Lucio Menegon on guitars, plus Wil Hendricks on bass and John Hanes on drums.

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Val Esway is back with a new project, Global Spider Community, co-piloted by producer and veteran Bay area troubadour Danny Allen, whose stellar guitar playing and sonic footprint can be heard throughout No One Ever Said This Would Be Pretty.

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