Final demo single of Just Another Folk Singer’s (Mystie Chamberlin) original “The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” last mixed 05.03.10.
Recorded by Mark Suall (The Revelons, Alda-Reserve, Big Iron, Hillbilly Peckers, Andre Williams, and The Valentine Six).
Written by Mystie Chamberlin and Mark Suall.
Artist name: Just Another Folk Singer
Song title: The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Version: clean
unsigned
Verse
She was a blue haired punk rock princess
Dreaming she could fly away
& slip the chains of boredom
That monotone day to day
Packed a bag for the Amtrak station
Eastbound New York, number 49
On a fourth of July weekend
Gonna see the sights / gonna loose her mind
PreChorus
She’s chasing her demons
She thinks that she’s leaving them all behind
To find another place to be free
She’s got no good reasons
She’s stuck in between
The devil & the deep blue sea
Verse
Found a blue eyed teenaged devil
With his boots upon his seat
So she listened to the same sad song
Sixty-one times- till he began to speak
He said he traveled her great nation
California to the Lake Shore line
& as the sun set over South Bend
They had an all-night conversation / made a life of their time
PreChorus
He’s chasing his demons
He thinks that he’s leaving them all behind
To find another place to be free
He’s got no good reasons He’s stuck in between
The devil & the deep blue sea
Chorus
The train kept winding through the smokey black night
& the two of them kept talking / held each other tightly
The sun set on the river
& they were falling & falling & falling
The clouds parted ways; it began to shower
Nine-hundred sixy-nine miles in forty-six hours
Now every time they here that same old song
PreChorus
They’re chasing their demons
They think that they’re leaving them all behind
To find another place to be free
They’ve got no good reasons
Their just stuck in between
The devil & the deep blue sea
“Self-effacing name for somebody who’s actually funny, nonchalantly smart and can write a catchy tune. Folkie stuff that will win over people who hate it.” — Lucid Culture
“An audience member named Misty offered to climb on stage and sing the female vocals on the duet “Fireflies” (sung by Rachael Yamagata on the album). I was, admittedly, nervous about how this would turn out, but she clearly knew the song and had a great voice. Slightly Rachael Yamagata-like, in fact. Success!” —A Drunk Guitar Strap
