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A Bitter Pill
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A song that was written about relationships around the Holidays...
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5 piece band, multi-instrumentalists, combination of original music and classic rock covers
Joel Pirard has been playing, writing, and recording original rock music for years, as a guitarist, bassist and keyboardist. Don Pitz is JDA's primary lead vocalist. He also plays keyboards, guitar, bass, and percussion. Arno Tietje is the primary lead guitarist in The JDA Project. Arno also sings, plays bass, percussion, lap steel guitar, and harmonica. The JDA Project has released 5 CDs, A Fine TIme, Through A Moving Window, Syzygy, Dropstones and the live For the Sake of the Song. NEWS UPDATE! LARRY LIPSHUTZ, our former bassist has returned to the fold, and brings along his long his cohort ANDY OROS, ON DRUMS. WE WILL HAVE PROFILE INFO SOON!
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Classic Rock
Charts
Peak #276
Peak in subgenre #36
Author
JDA
Rights
2004
Uploaded
April 04, 2025
Track Files
MP3
MP3 13.6 MB • 320 kbps • 5:58
Lossless
WAV 60.2 MB
Story behind the song
The introduction theme was written WAY back in 1976-77 thereabouts by John Curtin and Jeff Kalmar of Avalon USA, and was never finished.MUCH later (obviously) it was used with permission as part of this song, augmented by the new material, thus "A Bitter Pill" was born
Lyrics
A Bitter Pill (Wasted Days and Silent Nights) Words by Don Pitz Music by Joel Pirard, Jeff Kalmar, John Curtin, and Arno Tietje I fell asleep today got myself in deep today I wake and then I find all this time been driving blind I fell asleep today woke up where I shouldn't have been I crawled into a wall bumped my head and fell that's all Warm wind blows Thanksgiving Eve, walking down the streets of dreams A wonderous night that ends too soon hansom cabs and limp balloons A warm evening Halloween, underdog and closet queens a cold night on New Years Eve sleeping pills and wild turkey Cold Mornings Bitter Days Summer Sun turned violet haze A cold morning New years Day angry words turned violent rage A bitter pill I swallow whole winter wind and violent cold Sad letter that I write wasted days and silent nights Future promise filled with hope, now with nothing left to show like shadows on a silver screen 'the great escape' and Steve McQueen I fell into a dream, startled woke up with a scream lift my head to look around found the path to where I'm bound (and) As time goes on and on the tale be told the race has run the lesson's learned to find the battle nearly won Calm the voice that rules the night dragging darkness to the light stalled plans life put on hold brightest dreams turned rust from gold It's a) Bitter Pill to swallow whole winter wind and violent cold It's a new song that I write (I wish you) peaceful days and silent nights
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