No Right Way, Louise

by Claire Whitehead

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This song is a friend love-letter from Thelma to Louise. It is the last song in the opera where Thelma explains everything she's learned from Louise and how she doesn't want to live in this messed-up world without her friend by her side.

Track artwork is by Paterson Monday.

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Spent my days in a silk housecoat with
One, loyal, microwave
Waiting, for the hairpin drop of a
Man, taking his tantrum off on me

Met another one in a cowboy ring
Playing a game, long and mean
Something i could not have seen without your
Eyes, from a distant life, Louise

But now I know, that there’s no right way for a
Woman to live in a wrong, wrong world
And I don’t wanna live, without my woman,
Louise

And they’ll say, that we’ve done the worst
According to a man-made verse
Which will still allow a life of hurt
For anyone who ain’t meant to be ace-high

Now looks to everybody else around
That this old girl has lost her mind
But what I seen in the afterclaps, is
This old world’s looking funnier to me

And you always held assurety
You’ve lived it through, you’ve got the proof
To make things what they oughta be
won’t trust no law, or no police

Now, like the setting desert sun
Tipping into canyon nights
Something all around my is
Crossing over wrongs and rights

And they’ll chase us down
And they’ll spit from a truck
So hand me that gun, cuz i’m
I'm all out of luck

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released February 26, 2021
Written by: Claire Whitehead

guitar & vocals: Claire Whitehead
bass, lead guitar: Peter Elkas
piano, backing vocals: Kelly McMichael
lapsteel: Christine Bougie
drums: Dani Nash
fiddle: Tara Dunphy

Recorded and Produced by Peter Elkas
Mastered by Heather Kirby

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Claire Whitehead Toronto, Ontario

Claire Whitehead is a songwriter who gets inspired by feelings, films, art and nature and attempts to translate them into songs.

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