We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Dead Man's Dance

from South of the Wall by Walter Ehresman

/

about

A lovely, late night island feel here, a cross between a beguine and a tango. Ehresman's archtop acoustic guitar, fretless bass and accordion licks move the song along at an unhurried pace. The call-and-response between Ehresman and San Miguel guitar maestro Rolando Gotes (here, on nylon-string acoustic guitar) is magical.

Lyrically, the song cleverly uses the image of a couple dancing late into the night in an exclusive high rise club to portray how the robber barons in the 1% blithely spend their days in ruthless corporate machinations, utterly oblivious to how it all affects the other 99% of the people.

See the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE0NU-zsUiE

lyrics

Dead Man’s Dance
(© 2018 Walter Ehresman)

And they approach across the floor;
Such subtle moves we’ve seen before;
The loaded gun behind a glance;
We can’t resist the Dead Man’s Dance.

They thrust and parry to the right;
The stakes so tragically high;
The drummer hides his look askance—
can’t interrupt the Dead Man’s Dance.

[chorus]
Twirling so high above our cold reality;
The steps too rarified for the likes of you and me.

The hour’s late but they won’t go;
To spin the floor is all they know;
And not a trick is left to chance;
We won’t survive the Dead Man’s Dance.

The mamba and the fer-de-lance—
we won’t survive the Dead Man’s Dance.

credits

from South of the Wall, released October 31, 2018
Walter Ehresman: lead vocals, archtop acoustic guitar (rhythm; solos on right channel); electric/acoustic fretless bass, keyboards & key percussion, electronic percussion pads, chimes, drum machine programming, sequencing.

Special guests: Rolando Gotes—classical guitar (solos on left channel); Barbara Lee Unger—background vocals.

p. 2018 Walter Ehresman. Snipe Bog Records.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Walter Ehresman image

Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

contact / help

Contact Walter Ehresman

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Walter Ehresman, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring interviews with LA music scene pillar Kamasi Washington, and new London-based duo Mrcy.

listen now