From the recording Throwing Shade
Music & Lyrics by Chris Gleason Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP)
Lucy Martinez: Vocals; Mosquito Joe Macallan: Drums; Chris Gleason: Vocals, Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Bass, Keyboards.
Engineered, Mixed, and Produced by Chris Gleason at Noise Floor Delirium Boston, MA
©2026 Sado-Domestics
Lyrics
You know what you are
And what you need
You’re kinder to strangers
than you are to me
Wherever there’s a drift
You know I’ll catch it
Give me a light
But keep you keep the matches
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the blame
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the blame
Pay yourself first
Make it skate
Run toward danger
Switch that bait
Course correction
Put it in the freezer
Talk real big
Cause you’ll never please her
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the blame
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the blame
Why would I stay?
I don’t wanna see
The full ballet
Why should I care?
Nobody said
Life was gonna be…
Life was gonna be…
Life was gonna be…
Life was gonna be fair
Spare the horses
Make your own luck
Ain’t no stranger
Dog didn’t bark
Tin Man heart
Scarecrow brain
Different rules
For the same damn game
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the blame
Throwing Shade
Throwing Shade
Somebody else
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the —
Gonna take the blame