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The Ambassador - The Hold Steady



     
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While you were in Michigan
She was pretty much living in
A 3.2 bars a stretch to call a club.It was called The Ambassador
She was pretty much crashing there.
The space between the skin and all her blood.The nights were hot and hissing like an iron.
The days spent climbing walls like a vine.A Bay City tire shop.
It's just a temporary stop.
A touchdown on a trip that was mostly undefined.While you were still staying there.
All the halls smelled like burning hair.
In the end it made you sick but at first you didn't mind.
The nights were hot and hissing like an iron.
The day were cold and crushed you like a can.
Years spent faking pain and making plans.I'm pretty sure you'd recognize these guys.
That were asking around for you just the other night.
There was blood on the bed
And the lights in their eyes.
If you came around the back
We could take them by surprise.Your friend from the tire shop.

He keeps talking about some rock
Like he wants something hard to hit his head on.You said he's a mystic.
Well I know he's not Catholic.
He's got a cross all upside down carved in his arm.The nights were hot and hissing like an iron.
The days were cold and crushed you like a can.
Years spent faking pain and making plans.
I'm pretty sure you'd recognize these guys.
That were asking around for you just the other night.
There was blood on the bed
And the lights in their eyes.When you came back to us
In South Minneapolis
You said revenge exists outside of space and time.
Back behind The Ambassador.
Man it feels kind of magical.
I guess your friend can really move things with his mind.It was called The Ambassador
There wasn't much diplomatic there.
The space between the skin and all the blood.
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The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band formed by vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn (ex-Lifter Puller) in 2004. Wanting to capture the sound of bands such as The Replacements and The Grifters, he recruited guitarist Tad Kubler (also ex-Lifter Puller), drummer Judd Counsell, and bassist Galen Polivka. In 2005 the band grew to include Franz Nicolay (of The World/Inferno Friendship Society) on keyboards and Bobby Drake took over on drums following Counsell's departure.

Recording mostly live, the band released its debut, Almost Killed Me, on French Kiss Records in March 2004 and Separation Sunday a year later. In April 2006 the band signed to Vagrant Records and entered the studio on the 1st of May to begin work on their third record, Boys And Girls In America. Released in October, it was one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2006 and reached a much larger audience than its predecessors.

The band released their fourth album, Stay Positive, recorded again with Boys And Girls In America producer John Agnello. Nicolay left the group and on May 4, 2010 the band released their fifth studio album, Heaven Is Whenever, recorded with producer Dean Baltulonis.


On July 15, 2008, Stay Positive was released. It debuted at #30 on the Billboard 200. It debuted on the UK Album Chart at #15 on July 20, the third-highest new entry. It ranked #1 on the UK Indie Chart. The album was named the best of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly. The song "Constructive Summer" was number 56 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.

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