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This powerful blend is a dance hall DJ-version of Karney's original song found on her debut album. Karney weaves her message of peace into an upbeat, groovin' dance remix. Reggae rapper and producer Standout Selector (a.k.a. Steffen Franz) added beat loops and other drops behind the message the song carries forth. |
CD: KARNEY
Label: Tangent Records
Credits: Written by Karney with additional lyrics by Steffen Franz. Vocals: Karney & Standout Selector, Guitars and Keys: Karney, Drums: John Mader, Bass: Victor Little, Percussion: Ben Krames |
Story Behind the Song
Shellshock Girl is a call to arms in a time of deep crisis and emotional upheaval. It talks about the destructive effects of war and speaks to socially conscious advocates of world peace.
Shellshock Girl was recorded using a combination of methods: 2 inch 24 track tapes for drums, bass, and lead vocs, and hard disc recording for everything else. Then it was remixed exclusively in the hard disc realm. Up to about 70 tracks were used by the time this remix was finished.
Lyrics
She's a Shellshock Girl, she's a little Shellshock Girl.
Don't play your music too loud
don't make her stand in a big crowd,
take her out on the fourth of July
well she'll just break down and cry
'Cause she's a Shellshock Girl, she's a little Shellshock Girl.
Fire, fire as the flames grow higher
you hear the news as it travels the wire
see a young gal couldn't be any fairer
tears on her face as she prays to the father.
She asks a question, he never answers
turns out that she is also a soldier
her rank increase as she gets older
don't pass it on or the children will suffer
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
and it goes on and on and on and on
passin' it on to the bitter end
human against human against human
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
and it goes on and on and on and on
passin' it on to the bitter end
Yeah it goes on and on and on and on and
She's a Shellshock Girl, she's a little Shellshock Girl.
Wound up tighter than tight
flashbacks keep her up in the night
and now she is lost to the streets
still sidesteppin' the dead at her feet.
'Cause she's a Shellshock Girl, she's a little Shellshock Girl.
Hour to hour worlds under pressure
yes times have changed but not for the better,
she marks the years with lines on the mirror
wakes up one day now she has a daughter.
Ma does a shot and paints her a picture
new bombs explode and the feelings just smolder,
turns out the winter got kind of colder
she steps aside as the cycle turns over.
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
and it goes on and on and on and on
passin' it on to the bitter end
human against human against human
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
and it goes on and on and on and on
passin' it on to the bitter end
Israel and Palistine
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
the Catholic and the Protistant
passin' it on to the bitter end
the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda
Shellshock gal well me can't defend
and don't forget the gunslingin' American
passin' it on to the bitter end
She's a little,
I'm a little,
we're a little,
shellshock world
Yeah it goes on and on and on and on and
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