Long Way to the Bottom

from The Last One To Know by Claire and the Crowded Stage

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when your soul is black scraping on wooden floors the fastest way to the door is just to get up and go but you stand back climb up to the ceiling find a crack in the glass and slip out the window... it's a long way to the bottom with that bottle in your hand and it's a long road on the way home when you don't even understand where you're going... it's the dead of night but i'm sleeping on eggshells better be walking with soft shoes maybe just walking on water baby i'm walking without you digging up all my old bones staying up nights all alone crying my face to numb... it's a sad song that is ringing out across my parlor floor as the sound dies i am reeling in the pain of days gone by long long before and it's a long way to the bottom with this bottle in my hand but it's a long time since i've been down to these places in my head

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from The Last One To Know, released July 1, 2012
claire adams-ukelele, vocals, guitar
katy guillen-mandolin, vocals
peter lawless-accordion
brent jamison-keys
katelyn boone-bass guitar
stephanie williams-drums
jerod rivers-drums

artwork by nick mckenna
photography by steve gardels

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Claire and the Crowded Stage Kansas City, Missouri

Founded in 2011, the Crowded Stage is a genre-jumping eight piece based out of Kansas City, MO. Fronted by songwriter Claire Adams, the band brings her tunes to life with lush arrangements, diverse instrumentation, and a lil' quirkiness.

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