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Life Is Too Short and Death Is Forever

from Orson Welles by Myself a Living Torch

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{1992 EP version digitized from DAT and mastered}

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You went out last night and had nine drinks
And I stayed at home to dream
You went out last night
And I stayed at home to dream
On the telephone you said
Without a trace of regret you said
Life is too short and death is forever

You went out last night, I had nightmares
I saw the flash, I saw the bomb
You went out last night
And I dreamt we all died
On the telephone you said
Life is too short to waste on dreams
Without a trace of regret you said
Life is too short and death is forever

This morning when you called from the jailhouse
I said I didn't really mind
You were mistaken for a petty thief
As you left your mark on Haight Street
And I stayed at home to dream
You said life is too short and death is forever
You said life is too short and death is forever

So, I'll do what I want and I'll say what I want
No, they can't take that from me
Because it's my own body and it's my own mind
And they can't take that from me
They can't take that from me
No, they can't take that from me

credits

from Orson Welles, released August 6, 2018
voice, guitar – jeffrey bright

strings:
violin – anna presler
violin – sae shiragami
viola – charlton lee
cello – ellen d. sanders
bass viol – james wilhelmsen
written and arranged by eric schulz
adapted, scored and conducted by linda holland

words & music – jeffrey bright

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Myself a Living Torch San Francisco, California

By turns surreal, beautiful, arch, and melancholic, MaLT’s sonic adventures explore the meaning of love and role of sex in a failing, depersonalized culture. Literate enough for lasting relevance, tuneful enough for disposable pop; dark, sometimes heavy, but always with sly humor and a dash of hope. Active in SF CA between 1991 and 1993 ... Credit Louis-Ferdinand Céline for the incendiary name. ... more

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