Daybreak In Vegas

from Stumptown Swing! by Shorty and the Mustangs

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

Originally an instrumental written by Geoff Clarkson for his old band, The Counytrypolitans. The Mustangs began playing it during rehearsals and Shorty decided to take a crack at adding lyrics. He brought back what you hear and Geoff and the rest were well pleased with the results.

lyrics

Daybreak In Vegas Barnet & Clarkson

Now it’s daybreak in Vegas
And I’m kinda mystified
Cause I been awake for three nights straight
Strung out and bleary-eyed.
Those night-time lights are shuttin’ down
And now I realize that at
Daybreak in Vegas
You’re gonna leave it all behind.

Well I sold my car and I bet her ring
And I guess she’d had enough
Cause she left town two nights ago
When I lost it trying to bluff.
The mornin’ stars are beautiful
at sunrise on the strip,
Now it’s daybreak in Vegas
And I’m clean out of chips.

Chorus:
And now it’s daybreak in Vegas
I’m broke alone and it’s just
Daybreak in Vegas, get out with a little pride.
It’s daybreak in Vegas, daybreak in Vegas,
The mornin’ light’s ten times as bright
As the Vegas strip tonight.

When our chapel bells were chiming
I was starin’ at a straight
With three grand on the table
my bride could surely wait.
The drinks were gettin’ stronger,
guess I wasn’t thinkin’ right.
Now it’s daybreak in Vegas
And the sun is shining bright.

Chorus

credits

from Stumptown Swing!, released January 3, 2014
Lyrics: Shorty Barnet, Music: Geoff Clarkson. Geoff Clarkson plays most of the lead guitar. Mike Moore takes the first pass and Mitch Gilbert takes a steel solo, but this is primarily Geoffs vehicle. Dan Wolken: Bass, Ken Woodside: Drums, Shorty Barnet: Lead vocal

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Shorty and the Mustangs image

Shorty and the Mustangs Portland, Oregon

Shorty & the Mustangs was formed in 1996. Big Tex called some of his musician friends to see if they wanted to try something new. Having grown up in Texas, western swing music was calling him home. So they dug out some old Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb records and gave it a shot. The last 10 years the band has created original material with Mr's Wills and Tubb as inspiration.See below and enjoy! ... more

contact / help

Contact Shorty and the Mustangs

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Shorty and the Mustangs, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now