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Watermelon Pink

by Leeroy Stagger

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One of the first, well really the first album I ever bought was “Loaded” By the Velvet Underground. I loved the way Lou Reed would spin these little 3 minute movies in front of a weaving mish mash of a Rocknroll painted skies. Watermelon Pink was born out of my love of Lou and the Velvets on a particularly creative week. The story is chock full of cigarette smoke filled basements, manic panic, warm sounding headphones of the seventies blasting out The Stones or whatever FM radio signal you could get from across the water where I grew up. Most importantly its fun which you don’t always get in my music. I built it with my friends Ryland and Tyler in my studio with a little help from Dennis Ellsworth and Austin Tufts.

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Henriette was always smoking
Her teeth were stained, her hair was streaked in lightning blue
Every time that she would laugh, it reminded me of you

He was jilted stoner lover
But He always knew the key to love was to fun
When the sun went down
that’s when he’d get his doing done

Psychedelic noises
Autonomic voices
Its causing you to think
Its watermelon pink

Headphones were always ringing
The coast was close, her boy was always near
It wasn’t always pretty
But the signal chain was clear

Psychedelic noises
Autonomic voices
Its causing you to think
Its watermelon pink

Motorcycle maintenance
Living in a basement suite
Try to make the real rent
Listen to the radio
Leather jacket lets go
Bubble gum and dirty feet
Trying to make the rent real cheap
Loving life and living free

Retinas were always burning
Too much drink and staring at the sun
Watermelon pink
He always knew she was the one

Psychedelic noises
And a million choices
Its causing you to think
It watermelon pink

Like the lipstick traces
Written on their faces
Taking 40 paces
It’s causing you think
It’s watermelon pink

You found the missing link
It was hidden in the sink
You better call your shrink
It’s watermelon pink
It’s watermelon
Pink

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released June 21, 2024
Leeroy Stagger - vocals, guitar / Ryland Moranz - guitar / Tyler Lieb - bass / Marshall Wildman - drums / Guthrie Stark - background vocals / Noah Becker - saz

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Leeroy Stagger

Leeroy Stagger is an award winning singer songwriter and Producer from Victoria B.C Canada. He has toured and played with artists such as Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, Drive By Truckers, Josh Ritter and more.

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