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Dive Bar

from Dive Bar by Annie Kemble

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Dive bar is the title track of this album (obviously lol). I wrote it after returning to Des Moines after traveling out to LA to pursue a dream I thought was mine. I was right back where I thought I'd never be again, feeling more insecure about my artistry than ever before. This track represents feelings of burnout, hopelessness, confusion and loneliness. Inspired by the stop and go melodies of "Aint No Sunshine", (a song I was singing almost every Saturday Night with my band the MFKAS) Dive Bar relies on the hours of jazz keys practice from my college days. This song is the reason I started piecing this album together in my apartment in Des Moines, IA.

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They come to watch me sing at the dive bar
Tell me I’ll go far, baby you’re a star
Then they leave me all alone
I guess I got nowhere else to go,
I’ll find a new man, make him a husband and
Make that man my home

Please wake me
When the show starts
Until then I’m smoking
Puttin’ on my makeup in the backseat of your car
But it ain’t as simple as this,
Not nearly as glamorous- it’s painful
Pouring out my heart
The music felt just like a kiss,
Rhythm makes me forget all of this, look at me
I’m singing at the dive bar

Swaying on stage from left to right,
Here again night after night
Bartender tell me,
How much do I owe?
I’ll have to pay with my soul
Cause my money’s low, but I promise
I’ll get you back after the show

please wake me
When the show’s done
They say that they love me
But when the lights go out, I still have no one

I’ll do it again next week,
A new group of souls remain discrete
Only strangers know
The tenderness of my heart
I guess I just feel incomplete,
Always trying to stay on my feet
Look at me,
I’m singing at the dive bar

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from Dive Bar, released October 13, 2022
Written & Perfomed by Annie Kemble (voice, keys)
Bass by Jay Foote

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Annie Kemble Des Moines, Iowa

Annie Kemble is a multi talented musician who creates irresistible music with a unique jazz sound. She is trained on voice, piano, drums, and arranging. Annie uses her training along with her exceptional songwriting to tell stories and evoke feelings as universal as they are specific. ... more

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