Name: Private Hell
Duration: P00H04M23S
Description: SURPRISE! I have a brand new song out today!! “Private Hell” was written by my longtime friend and collaborator Stuart Douglas many moons ago and it’s always been one of my faves of his. I exhumed it and put a modern spin on it. Give it a listen.

Private Hell

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SURPRISE! I have a brand new song out today!! “Private Hell” was written by my longtime friend and collaborator Stuart Douglas many moons ago and it’s always been one of my faves of his. I exhumed it and put a modern spin on it. Give it a listen.

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Private Hell
It was the darkest night in August
when he walked into the bar
All around people were drinking
and smoking cheap cigars

So he found himself a table
in the back , where the light’s were low
And a waitress ( who looked a lot like Lana Turner)
smiled and took his coat.

On the jukebox a song was playing
with a haunting melody
and a voice that just kinda hung there
singing slightly out of key.

It was a song about a woman
and a love that did not last.
The lyrics seemed to chill him
like a voice out of the past.

No one seemed to notice
as the record played over, and over, and over again.
The room started spinning.
His torture had no end.

Louder and louder, on and on
until he thought he’d surely go insane.
He paid the check, ran out the door
into the pouring rain.

The song played on inside his mind
growing in unrestrained intensity.
He stumbled to a phone, dialed real slow
She answered on the 7th ring.

And he said “ baby, oh baby
All has not been well.
‘Cause without you I’ve been living
in my own private hell.

Words and music by Stuart Douglas

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released October 30, 2020
Performed, produced, and mixed by Nakia

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