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Hired Guns

from Live in Iowa by Dave Stagner

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This song started with a pun about Axl Rose' touring band, and turned into a meditation on the aftermath of hair metal.

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We would have hired Guns'n'Roses for the wedding band
Ozzy Osbourne for the priest
With your bridesmaids in their corsets of electric blue
And your blood red satin dress
We would have consummated right there on the altar

We would have flown the mighty Concorde to Amsterdam
On to Ireland and Spain
Then we'd take an antique seaplane to our island with a palm tree
Crown ourselves the king and queen
We would have started our own dynasty

Now you're the Devil's Angel
You left me here alone
Mine's the first soul you sent to Hell
You're the Devil's Angel
With dragon wings and hair of fire
And your laughter's blood and pain
And it had to be closed casket
Now my leather doesn't fit me anymore
You're the Devil's Angel

We would have tied the knot when we found out your were knocked up
Worked a second job at night
We would have screamed our lungs out trying to quit smoking
Sold the Trans Am for a grand
We would have turned into everything that we hate

Now you're the Devil's Angel
You left me here alone
Mine's the first soul you sent to Hell
You're the Devil's Angel
With dragon wings and hair of fire
And your laughter's blood and pain
And it had to be closed casket
Now my leather doesn't fit me anymore
You're the Devil's Angel

Trying to fly home
Running out of gas
All I see is blue
Where the hell is our island?

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from Live in Iowa, released July 5, 2023

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Dave Stagner Minneapolis, Minnesota

I am a guitarist, songwriter, recording engineer, and musical polymath based in Minneapolis.

I have played in countless bands over the years, most notably the Feng Shui Ninjas, Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters, and Al Amarja.

All recordings produced at Extraterrestrial Highway, my home studio. I love living in the future!
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