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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The Thorn In My Side Is Gone (Alternate Version) Lyrics

American Music Club

The thorn in my side is gone
It was too sharp for the laws of the world
Like my need for you, i know
It doesn't register on the scale of the world
When they talk about strength they usually mean
The way that blood sticks to the hand
When they talk about strength i know
They don't mean a touch that only love understands

And i'll never leave you
I'll never leave you
Love never lies
I swear you could see me
I swear you could see me
If you could open your eyes

There's a beast in the trees
As old as some dog in my heart
Step by step
I begged it to leave me with something
'cause my fear was like a wind
Tearing the song from my breath

And i'll never leave you
I'll never leave you
Love never lies
I swear you could see me
I swear you could see me
If you could open your eyes