“Cruel Mistress” was written by Jennifer Silva and mixed and produced by the amazing multi-instrumentalist Jonny Taylor at Beacon AV Lab. The track was mastered by the incredible ear of Matthew Agolia at The Ranch Mastering(who also mastered my last two albums). The stunning photograph was captured by the talented and fabulous The Ginger B3ardmen, all of Beacon, NY. And the beautiful single artwork was created by my awesome brother Chris Silva.  

Lyrics

She’s wearing red
She makes you feel like a man
She’s lying ready on the bed
But keeping your dirty secret isn’t part of her master plan

She pours the wine
She serves you cheese and red meat
Laid out on linens, so fine
She slowly feeds you poison prepared in a dessert too sweet

And just when you think that you’re in the clear
And just when you think you have nothing left to fear

Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress
Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress

She’ll tie you down
Then promise all that you want
But make you look like a clown
With empty pockets after she takes everything that you’ve got

But it all felt so good , but she made you feel free
But it all ended up with you begging on your knees

Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress
Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress
You try and you try and you try, but you can’t resist her
You try and you try and you try, but you can’t resist her

In her chest of stolen treasure
With riches unmeasured
You’ll be buried and lost forever

Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress
Karma, karma, karma, karma is a cruel mistress
You try and you try and you try, but you can’t resist her
You try and you try and you try, but you can’t resist her