Story Behind The Song
The end of a dream
| Song Length |
2:34 |
Genre |
Folk - Americana, Rock - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Depressing |
Subject |
Freedom |
| Similar Artists |
Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Hunter SThompson Land
Head for Vegas. mescaline haze
Getting high in so many ways
LSD, ether and coke
Cook your head just like a yoke
Looking for the American dream
Not as great as it may seem
Fact and fiction blur into one
Sin City under desert sun
Chorus
A journey savage and surreal
Splash the cash, close the deal
Become aware, expand your mind
Devastation left behind
Verse
In the end, not much achieved
If memory can be retrieved
Lessons too few to be shared
The counterculture now laid bare
Emptiness and crippling fear
Nothing left to draw you near
Utopia gone, no hope allowed
The future's bleak, a silent shroud
Chorus
A journey savage and surreal
Splash the cash, close the deal
Become aware, expand your mind
Devastation left behind
Verse
Fear and loathing, Vegas daze
Keeping journals the Gonzo way
This won't be a happy end
Even with the help of our friends
© Robin Grimmond 2013