Andy Shauf - Martha Sways (Lyrics)

Reflektor, Liège, Belgium, 2023-11-02. This song is off "The Party" (2016), played live and acoustic, and the video contains subtitles.
Thanks so much to Andy Shauf for coming around a second time this year. This time solo. I wasn't sure what to expect exactly, as I really like the instrumentation with a band, and the perfection in bringing together the tones from all instruments in the whole score. But it seems that Andy puts now so much love for detail in his own guitar play and his singing that he easily and completely distracts from the absence of a band. In fact, the concert was over so quickly that I could not believe it, every note was a celebration :-) Especially the quieter pieces work best, in my feeling. He had a slight cold, and wanted to keep the encore short. He used that today to excuse for not accepting the wish for an 8-minute Wendell Walker. The audience then let him go after a first encore, and we didn't get to hear The Magician this time around. And we never learnt about the reason for the alarm during "Spanish On The Beach".
Setlist:
Jenny Come Home
Wasted on You
Halloween Store
Spanish on the Beach
Clove Cigarette
Norm
The Worst in You
Where Are You Judy
Neon Skyline
Paradise Cinema
Telephone
Covered in Dust
To You
Quite Like You
Satan
Changer
Martha Sways (encore)
Lyrics for "Martha Sways" by Andy Shauf (The Party, 2016):
[Verse 1]
Martha's thin
Pretty, just like you
I held her close
Like I held you
[Verse 2]
Martha sways
And I follow suit
She fills my glass
And I toss it back
Into the space that once held you
[Chorus]
And dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
Dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
[Verse 3]
There's a weight
Holding me down
Martha says
It's all in my head
[Verse 4]
I look at the lights
Dancing in her eyes
And I wanna die
Dancing in her eyes
[Chorus]
Dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
Dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
Dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
Dance, dance to the radio
While the devil takes control
[Verse 5]
Martha spins
And I catch her hand
She smiles and laughs
Bringing me back

[@borgesguerardi]

one of the most beautiful pieces ever ever made. honestly.

[@MaccaTaylor]

With you 100% on this. Haunting and stunning at the same time

[@anaflorentina3747]

Thank you! I love “Martha sways” acoustic! More than “Magician”.🙂

[@martinxoxo]

Yeah, your're probably right, The Magician really needs the synths and other instruments :-) I just find it so intriguing, that I miss it.