American Music Club(often abbreviated AMC) is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. They've been recording and playing in SF clubs since the mid 1980's, showing a remarkable longevity for a band that has been far more critically acclaimed than financially successful. Although commonly lumped with other bands from the " slowcore" and " sadcore" movements, like the Red House Painters, AMC is better known for mastering the disparate strands of American music into a wholly unique synthesis all their own. Although born in California, frontman Mark Eitzel spent his formative years in Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1980. After a brief stint with the punk band he founded American Music Club in 1983 with guitarist Vudi, bassist , keyboardist Brad Johnson, and drummer .
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American Music Club

My revenge against the world
Is to believe everything you say
Balance as you are on a pile of empty bottles
And even when the world has taken
All your defenses away
Theres no way that you can be true
Ill believe you
Dont you get sick of party favors
That start with a whimper and end with a whisper
And even when every single one of your gestures is a lie
To me, you always ring true
Ill believe you
The first time the cops came
They were like brand new friends
The second time they came they were a little concerned
They said, we know all about you
Youre like moths to a flame.
Yeah we speak too much and none of its ever true
What happens to the rat that stops running the maze
The doctors think its dumb when its just disappointed
I meant it when I said that I would never see you again but no matter how dumb I get
Theres one thing Ill always do
Ill believe you