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Black Dog

by Macabre Americana

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“The mental health conversation is far from over; and what’s more, that conversation needs to turn into action. Using the urban legend behind Winston Churchill’s depression, “Black Dog” examines the complexities of the mental health crisis this world faces."

- Macabre Americana co-founder Blake Pfeil

lyrics

It’s 85 and sunny down in Hollywood
Dreams are full of stars in the sky
Did I cry today? Well of course I did
I don’t know why

Cause the black dog is coming ‘round the corner
And I can’t feel my breath
Cause it’s short and sweet and incomplete
And my lungs are trying to put me to the test

Ooooooo

There’s dinner on the table and a roof over my head
And a sweet lady waiting in my bed
I can hear the black dog in the canyon over way
His echo calling soon you will be dead

Ooooooo, ooooooo

I can hear the black dog in the canyon over way
But soon enough he will become a stray (stray)

Black dog has his name etched on my collar
We are sworn to be forever-friends
Does he hurt the ones I love, well of course he does
We will walk together till the end

Oooooooo, ooooooo

Black dog black dog black dog
Black dog black dog black dog

Black dog is coming ‘round the corner
And I can’t feel my breath
Cause it’s short and sweet and incomplete
And my lungs are trying to put me to the test

Oooooooo, ooooooo

credits

released May 3, 2019
Music and Lyrics by Lacey Madden, Laura Dadap, and Blake Pfeil
Additional music by William Coon and John Gilmartin

Acoustic Guitar: Lacey Madden
Drums/Tambourine: Willy Coon
Electric Bass: John Gilmartin
Keyboards: Blake Pfeil
Vocals: Lacey Madden
Backup Vocals: Laura Dadap, Blake Pfeil
Fiddle: Douglas Waterbury-Tieman

Vocal arrangement by Laura Dadap

Engineer/Mixer: Tom Tierney
Recorded at: Spaceman Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Cover art: Ryan Cronin

For Mental Health Awareness Month 2019

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Macabre Americana New York, New York

Macabre Americana is a NYC-based folk fusion collective whose music sheds light on the dark side of the American dream, past and present.

Macabre Americana is:

Willy Coon
Laura Dadap
John Gilmartin
Lacey Keane
Blake Pfeil

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