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Sleep Ain't Paying My Dues (Single)

by I am Korny

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about

Sleep ain’t paying my dues` was written in Nashville back in 2018 when
I AM KORNY was travelling the US writing his new album and playing
shows in NYC and Cincinnati. It's kind of an autobiographical story about
feeling restless and driven while on tour as a singer/songwriter. About
the contrast of being on the verge of success and having a big party
each night while trying not to sell your guitars so you can pay your bills.
The sound of this recording was inspired by vintage blues and
contemporary indie rock.

lyrics

Been travellin' around playin' the blues
can't get no sleep sleep ain't payin' my dues
come on mama, won't you gimme no dime
well I'm just a poor boy
havin' booze all the time

I'm doin' just fine
well I keep walking' the line
just keep playing' the blues
cause sleep ain't payin' my dues

See the Devil well he's hanging' up high
just like a watchman up in the Sky
but I don't care, whether it's right or wrong
I'm just a sinner
singin' a whisky song

I'm doin' just fine
well I keep walking' the line
just keep playing' the blues
cause sleep ain't payin' my dues

All night long, I sing my songs
songs about whisky
until my sorrows are gone
until my sorrows are gone
all night long, I sing my songs
until my sorrows are gone

I'm doin' just fine
well I keep walking' the line
just keep playing' the blues

the blues (Keep playin')
the blues (Just keep playin')
Ha!

credits

released January 31, 2020
Daniel W. Korn: Vocals, Guitars
Samuel Schmid: Drums, Vibraslap
David Klauck: Bass, Vocals

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I am Korny Stuttgart, Germany

The phantoms and the dreamers, the heroes and the villains, the brave and the desperate all find their home in his songs. His is the music of an outlaw perceiving his otherness not as a burden but a crown. I Am Korny is distilling the American dream and the American nightmare, the promises of the west and the myth of that endless land into murder ballads about the underbelly of love. ... more

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