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Holy Roller (2003 Demo Version)

from Bitch on Wheels (Demo from a Time Capsule) by Suzie Ungerleider

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This is the first love song that I wrote for my future husband. I remember playing it for him while we were sitting in my little railroad apartment on Shaw Street in Toronto. I was sitting on my red cut-velvet couch and he was across from me on a chair and I felt super shy and full of butterflies. I am pretty sure my face was as red as the couch.

Fun Fact: This song was recorded as a demo intended for my third studio album which was eventually called Oh Susanna. However, the song ended up on the next release entitled Short Stories.

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Holy Roller
By Suzie Ungerleider

Kiss me once again I’m leaving in the morning
For you made me feel like velvet from my heart down to my knees
Love me once again and leave me full of longing
For you fill my head with diamonds shining like a thousand seas.

Shining like a holy roller
Falling down upon his knees
Saying “Push me up to heaven!
Oh my God, almighty, please!”
Oh my dear, they say it’s only lust
That sprinkles fairy dust
But give me some of that just
Before I go.

Though I’ll be gone again a rollin’ on the ocean
I will write you long love letters that are scented like the sea
And the sun will rise again and your eyes will slowly open
And I’ll fall just like an angel, like a sword into the sea

Falling like a holy roller
Falling down upon his knees
Saying “Push me up to heaven!
Oh my God, almighty, please!”
Oh my dear, I think it only just
To sprinkle fairy dust
The fruits of your sweet lust
Before I go.

credits

from Bitch on Wheels (Demo from a Time Capsule), released March 29, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Suzie Ungerleider

Vocals by Suzie Ungerleider
Piano by Bob Packwood

Recorded in 2003 at The Woodshed Studios by Nick Holmes

Mastered by Phil Shaw Bova

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Suzie Ungerleider Vancouver, British Columbia

Born in Massachusetts and raised in Western Canada, Suzie Ungerleider began performing under the name Oh Susanna in the mid- 1990s.

For over two decades, thousands of shows, and nine critically acclaimed albums, Suzie’s gloriously emotive, crystalline voice, her bewitching performances and her fierce songwriting have consistently captivated audiences, her peers and the press.
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