"One of America's best -- and most underrated -- songwriters."
-- PopMatters
"What? You want some kind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guy and enjoy his prowess."
-- Frank Black a.k.a. Black Francis
"A voice to turn good girls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."
-- The Village Voice
"A proudly weird talent with a nervy raw appeal."
--Time Out New York
"Best Actual Gig of the Year. Very very impressive."
--Sleazegrinder UK
"The bastard child of Sinatra and Lemmy. Great epic, minimalist rock tunes with that end of the night feel."
--Random Magazine UK
“For all his simplicity, Reid is like nobody else.”
-- Seattle Weekly
"Possessed with the voice of a drunken wolf. Songs that roar."
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Best Of Manhattan"
-- New York Press
"A soot-black sense of humor as biting as an underfed Rottweiler."
--Cleveland Free Times
"An unholy howl of a voice."
-- CMJ New Music Monthly
"Reduce-you-to-tears razor wit...Reid Paley ought to be a household name."
--Pittsburgh City Paper
"One of the East Coast's best-kept secrets, his wryly misanthropic schtick is all his own. Live, he is the Bill Hicks of the blues. You need to see him."
--What's On In London
"Straightforward, sarcastic, funny and gifted at putting a song together."
--New York Press
"For fans of churlish honesty and unaffected one-man shows, REVIVAL is a nonstop riot."
--San Francisco Weekly
"A jarring reminder of what rock'n'roll once was and could be again."
--The Washington Times
"Reid Paley is the kind of artist Seattle loves."
--The Stranger
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lyrics
EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG (& THAT’S ALRIGHT)
(Reid Paley)
There’s people gonna tell you
That your life can go to hell
But how you gonna get there
When you got no soul to sell
No matter how you play it
There’s always room for more
Until you get knocked down dead back on the floor
Now I can almost tell the difference
Between day and night
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
I’m looking for the bright side
But there ain’t so much to see
I can’t get on that wagon
Cos there ain’t no room for me
Need another blowout
Got to have a little fun
And all they got to sell you
Is a mattress and a gun
It’s almost like the difference
Between day and night
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
It doesn’t take a genius
To see that money talks
It doesn’t take a genius
To watch the way you walk
It doesn’t take a genius
To wrap up in a flag
It doesn’t take a genius
To pretend you’re god in drag
It doesn’t take a genius
To see the bad guy smile
It doesn’t take a genius
Get ugly for awhile
It doesn’t take a genius
To tell you what is true
It only take one night to suck the life right outta you
And now if you’ll excuse me
I’m stepping into the light
Cos everything is going wrong
And that’s all right
Lyrics Appear by Permission
The Monkey’s Paw (BMI)
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