Friday, February 29, 2008

Liars - Grown Men Don't Fall In The Water



Liars - Grown Men Don't Fall In The Water

Everybody in his or her own life needs a hobby,
Fills the voids that working late create
Everybody in his or her own life needs a hobby,
Fills the voids that working late create

We can win
We can win
We can win
We can win
Can you hear us?
Can you hear us?
Can you hear us?
Can you hear us?
We've got our fingers on the pulse of America
We cross our hair in the town of America
Come in search for

Not too political enough to discover
Wake up
Wake up
You're a person on fire!
Not too political enough to discover
Wait
Wait
Wait
Wait
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
You're a person on fire!
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up

At the paths we cross is the curse you speak
It all starts with a gunshot blowing up the streets
From the paths we cross is the curse you speak
It all starts with a gunshot blowing up the streets

Can you hear us? not too political enough to discover
Can you hear us? not too political enough to discover

Wake up
You're a person on fire
You're a person on fire
We've got our finger on the pulse of America
We've got our finger on the pulse of America

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Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll



The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll

Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happenin' at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all,
Not at all
Then one fine mornin' she puts on a New York station
You know, she don't believe what she heard at all
She started shakin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Despite all the amputations you know you could just go out
And dance to the rock 'n' roll station

It was alright
It was alright
Hey baby
You know it was alright
It was alright

Jenny said when she was just bout five years old
You know my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars -
Well you know it ain't gonna help me at all
Not just a little tiny bit
Then one fine mornin' she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life is saved by rock 'n' roll,
Yeah, rock n' roll
Despite all the computations
You could just dance to that rock 'n' roll station

And baby it was alright
And it was alright
Hey it was alright
It was alright
Hey here she comes now!
Jump! Jump!

Like Jenny said when she was just bout' five years old
Hey you know there's nothin' happenin' at all
Not at all
Every time I put on the radio,
You know there's nothin' goin' down at all,
Not at all
But one fine mornin' she hears a New York station
She doesn't believe what she heard at all
Hey, not at all
She started dancin' to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll
Yeah rock 'n' roll
Ooh, Despite all the computations
You know you could just dance to the rock 'n' roll station

Alright, alright
And it was alright
Oh, you listen to me now
And it was alright
C'mon now
Little better
Little bit
It was alright
It was alright
And it was alright, alright
It's alright, alright
Baby it's alright, now
Alright, baby it's alright, now
Baby it's alright, alright now
Baby it's alright
Baby it's alright now
Oh baby,oh baby
Oh baby, Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
It's alright, now
Ooh, it's alright now
All, alright.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn



The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn

Gonna be too hot to breath today
But everybody is out here on the streets
Somebody has opened up the fire hydrant
Cold water rushing out in sheets

Some kid in a Marcus Allen jersey
Asks me for a cigarette
Companionship is where you find it
So I take what I can get

Lovecraft on the Car Length fun house mirrors
Lovecraft in Brooklyn

Well the sun goes down
The armies of the voiceless
Several Hundred-thousand strong
Come without their bandages
Their voices raised in songs
When the street lights sputter out
They make this awful sizzling sound

I cast my gaze towards the pavement
Too many blood stains on the ground
Rhode Island drops into the Ocean
No place to call home anymore
Lovecraft in Brooklyn

Head outside most everyday to try to keep the wolves away
In every set of self if copenation come

Woke up afraid of my own shadow
Like, Genuinely afraid
Headed for the pawnshop
To buy myself a switchblade
Someday somethings coming
From way out beyond the stars
To kill us while we stand here
It will store our brains in mason jar
And then the girl behind the counter asks "How do you feel today?" and
I say, "I feel like Lovecraft in Brooklyn!"

Yeah!

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Reindeer Section - Grand Parade



The Reindeer Section - Grand Parade

I love the way I feel so calm although I can hardly wait.
I hear your voice, it feels like rain,
I’ve made my choice, I know.
I taste your skin, it melts and sings, yes, we can win, I’m sure.
I’ll see your heart like golden fire, it leads me on for good.

I love the way I feel so calm although I can hardly wait.
I hear your voice, it feels like rain,
I’ve made my choice, I know.
I taste your skin, it melts and sings, yes, we can win, I’m sure.
I’ll see your heart like golden fire, it leads me on for good.

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Monday, February 25, 2008

The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

photo by nick fries


The Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown

Don't want your lo-o-o-o-ove anymore.
Don't want your ki-i-i-i-isses, that's for sure.
I die each time
I hear this sound:
"Here he co-o-o-o-omes. That's Cathy's clown."

I've gotta stand tall.
You know a man can't crawl.
But when he knows you tell lies
And he hears 'em passin' by,
He's not a man at all.

Don't want your lo-o-o-o-ove anymore.
Don't want your ki-i-i-i-isses, that's for sure.
I die each time
I hear this sound:
"Here he co-o-o-o-omes. That's Cathy's clown."

When you see me shed a tear
And you know that it’s sincere,
Dontcha think it’s kinda sad
That you’re treatin’ me so bad,
Or don’t you even care?

Don't want your lo-o-o-o-ove anymore.
Don't want your ki-i-i-i-isses, that's for sure.
I die each time
I hear this sound:
"Here he co-o-o-o-omes. That's Cathy's clown.
That's Cathy's clown.
That's Cathy's clown."

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Tragically Hip - Fireworks



The Tragically Hip - Fireworks

If there's a goal that everyone remembers it was back in ole' 72
We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
And all I remember was sitting beside you
You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr
Isn't it amazing anything's accomplished
When the little sensation gets in your way
Not one ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything
We hung out together every single moment
Cause that's what we thought married people do
Complete with the grip of artificial chaos
And believing in the country of me and you
Crisis of faith and crisis in the Kremlin
And yea we'd heard all of that before
It's wintertime, the house is solitude with options
And loosening the grip on a fake cold war
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When you don't let the nation get in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything

Next to your comrades in the national fitness program
Caught in some eternal flexed-arm hang
Droppin' to the mat in a fit of laughter
Showed no patience, tolerance or restraint

Fireworks exploding in the distance
Temporary towers soar
Fireworks emulating heaven
Til there are no stars anymore
Fireworks aiming straight at heaven
Temporary towers soar
Til there are no stars shining up in heaven
Til there are no stars anymore
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When the little sensation gets in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish, eh
This one thing probably never goes away
I think this one thing is always supposed to stay
This one thing doesn't have to go away

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Al Green - Love and Happiness



Al Green - Love and Happiness

Love and happiness...
Something that can make you do wrong, make you do right...
Love...

Love and happiness
Wait a minute...
Something's going wrong
Someone's on the phone
Three o'clock in the morning
Talkin' about how she can make it right
Well,
Happiness is when you really feel good with somebody
Nothing wrong with being in one with someone
Oh, baby, love and happiness
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Love and happiness
You be good to me
I'll be good to you
We'll be together
We'll see each other
Walk away with victory
Oh baby,
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Make you do right... love'll make you do wrong...
Make you come home early...
Make you stay out all night long...
The power of love...

Wait a minute,
Let me tell you...
The power of love...
Make you do right... love'll make you do wrong...
Make you want to dance...
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Love is... wait a minute... love is...
Walkin' together...
Talkin' together...
Say it again...
Say it together...
Mmmm....

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy



Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best
Excitable boy, they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest
Excitable boy, they all said

He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
And he bit the usherette's leg in the dark
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

He took little Suzie to the Junior Prom
Excitable boy, they all said
And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy
After ten long years they let him out of the home
Excitable boy, they all said
And he dug up her grave and built a cage with her bones
Excitable boy, they all said
Well, he's just an excitable boy

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Monday, February 18, 2008

Man Man - Ice Dogs



Man Man - Ice Dogs

Am I supposed to close my eyes as you walk away from me
Am I supposed to blind myself so I'll never have to see
You walking side by side with a different kind of man
Who'll redefine your body in ways I know I...
What if I don't want to go now
Will you come and put these eyes out for me...
So don't go and blame your mother for what's your father's fault
Or all of your daughters will turn out just like you
Bent on destruction and burning through their beauty
And looking beyond their years by the time they're only (twenty)...
And what if I don't want to go now
Will you come put these eyes out for me...
Oh c'est la vie please don't go and abandon me
When the bridge burns down and the bad blood tastes like wine on the wind
And they c'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware
I stutter step my way across desert lakes to try and sweat the ghost of the past and
Lay my anchor at last at your feet
As they c'est beware of the man in shades
Beware beware of the man in shades beware I am the man in shades
Yes I am Ii am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Yes I am

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Sunday, February 17, 2008

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Ballad of Jim Jones



The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Ballad of Jim Jones

I walked from New York
And back from L.A.
I lived on a mountain
And once by the bay
I bought an apartment
And slept in the hay
But there's no place that's softer than
(your arms)

Living today
Is just getting so bad
There's a look on your face
And it says "you've been had!"
You can take all my money
But don't make me mad
Cause there's nobody meaner than
(me)

I prayed to buddha,
To allah,
And Jim.
I turned to Jesus
And stayed there with him
I fell in deep
But i learned how to swim
Now there's no one who's cleaner
Than me or than him

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Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Pharcyde - She Said



The Pharcyde - She Said

I guess everybody needs somebody to love
You can't
keep love lonely
Cause being naive to it
You can just
lose it like that
See kisses for bruises don't make it
heal back
It be'z the sex appeal that's from the next
And not necessarily the sex and
One might appeal to
the intellect
Having a greater affect on how they feelin'

Stimulating breakin down their shields for the real
And
as it stands mysteriously, curiosity it kills the cat
And
offsets them mentally so they're trapped in
Behind
these fantasies with no action
Searchin for a remedy
Now she loves her man but there is just a different type of chemistry
That flairs when her desires on fire
Quick
is the fuse anotha loves for hire


And she said...
It'll be good if you stayed with me tonight
So I granted her wish
And she said...
It'll be good if you stayed with me tonight
So I granted her wish

I was high like the vocal tone of my nigga Bootie Brown
Decided to take a ride to see what's really goin' down
Up on
the northside of town of course I bought a quarter pound
of bomb hemp
feelin' a-ight like Johnny Kemp on a Friday
night
Lookin' right cuz' my shit is tight
Blazin' blunts to city
lights on Sunset and Crescent Heights
Bounce to the House
of Blues then
I slid in free wit tennis shoes, sweatshirt, jeans
and no ID.
Soon as I step inside the plizace
I recognize the
fizace
Of an epp wit an izass
More amazin' than grace
So
I waste no time to kick my line
I say "How ya doin'" she says
"Hey, I'm doin' fine"
So I commence to mackin to baby to see
what's crackin
So maybe I get her back at the cabin and
start attackin
Threw back a shot of yack and started jabbering,
jibbing
Fibbing and ad libbing just to get her to my crib then

We was chilling on the bed bumpin some Isley
Thought I was
about to spread the thighs
But she surprised me
When she
said "Oh like that? You know I don't get down"
I know my
homies gonna clown cause I let her stick around when...

She said...
It'll be good if you stayed with me tonight
So I granted her wish

Now Daddy's home
But she's been waitin all night so we c
ould be all alone
This is an everyday thing so we hang out
by the phone
Tryin to build something real working fingertips to
the bone
So much loves gone astray that it won't be coming
home
No time soon
So I dance with the silhouettes beneath
the moon
And she said if satisfactions guaranteed
Nothing
else could come between the
Flight of a new love baby
Yeah
maybe we could be cool
Instead of sharin' this here ship
with the fools
You know (that) ... right now... right now...

right now... right now... baby...
Right now... right now...
right now... baby...
And she said

I'll give you the world if you want it
I'll give you the world if you need it baby
If you got to have it
And she said,
You know that she said
And she said
And she said
And she said

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Feelies - The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness



The Feelies - The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness

There's a kid I know but not too well
He doesn't have a lot to say
Well this boy lives right next door and he
Never has nothin' to say

It doesn't seem like he does anything
He never helps out in the yard
He lets his mother carry in groceries
Cause he doesn't plan to work too hard

The boy next door is into better things
As far as I can see
The boy next door is into bigger things
The boy next door is me

All right

Well he's not like the boys we used to have
Not like them at all - oh no
Those ones made their parents proud
This one beats 'em all

The boy next door is into better things
As far as I can see
The boy next door is into bigger things
The boy next door is me

Yeah

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa



Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

As a young girl
Louis Vuitton
With your mother
On a sandy lawn

As a sophomore
With reggaeton
And the linens
You're sitting on

Is your bed made?
Is your sweater on?
Do you want to
Like you know I do

But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too

Can you stay up
To see the dawn
In the colors
Of Bennetton?

Is your bed made
Is your sweater on
Do you want to
Like you know I do

But this feels so unnatural
Peter Gabriel too

Is your bed made
Is your sweater on
Do you want to
Like you know I do

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Mount Eerie - Do Not Be Afraid

photo by Nick Fries


Mount Eerie - Do Not Be Afraid

Do not be afraid.
Do not be afraid.
You will spend time in the mountains
In the mountains means in the world
In the world it is dark,
And the real world is looming,
It is dark upon darkness.
You feel around slowly,
Some sounds in the night,
And you will be in the world
By not being afraid and being able to cope,
Make yourself be in the world
Get into the world by letting things touch
By not being afraid,
By noticing mountains
And the snow from them to you.
The youth we are losing does have some meaning,
It's like ripening dawn,
Because as we are dying,
So dies our days.
And entering evenings,
Long night comes,
And entering evenings,
We become grey in the blue light
And slow and thoughtfully enter
Whatever waits in shadows:
The black mountain looming above!
Do not be afraid going into the world,
We go home
(There is a black mountain looming)
Going in, we go home,
Into sex and disasters and the living unknown.
You will spend time in the mountains
You will spend time in the world

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Monday, February 11, 2008

The Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure



The Weakerthans - Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure

It had something to do with the rain leeching loamy dirt
And the way the back lane came alive, half moon whispered "go"
For a while, I heard you missing steps in the street
And your anger pleading in an uncertain key
Singing the sound of you that you found for me

When the winter took the tips of my ears
Found this noisy home full of pigeons and places to hide
And when the voices die, I emerged to watched abandoned machines
Waiting for their men to return, I remember the way
I would wait for you to arrive with kibble and a box full of beer
How I'd scratch the empties desperate to hear
You make the sound that you found for me

After scrapping with the ferals and the tabby,
Let you brush my matted fur
How I'd knead into your chest while you were sleeping
Shallow breathing made me purr

But I can't remember the sound that you found for me
I can't remember the sound that you found for me
I can't remember the sound

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

The Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There)


photo by Jill Russell


The Four Tops - Reach Out (I'll Be There)

Now if you feel that you can't go on (can't go on)
Because all of your hope is gone (all your hope is gone)
And your life is filled with much confusion (much confusion)
Until happiness is just an illusion (happiness is just an illusion)
And your world around is crumbling down, darlin
Reach out come on girl reach on out for me
Reach out reach out for me
I'll be there with a love that will shelter you
I'll be there with a love that will see you through

When you feel lost and about to give up (to give up)
Cause your life just ain't good enough (just ain't good enough)
And your feel the world has grown cold (has grown cold)
And your drifting out all on your own (drifting out on your own)
And you need a hand to hold, darlin
Reach out come on girl reach out for me
Reach out reach out for me
I'll be there to love and comfort you
And I'll be there to cherish and care for you

I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there to love and comfort you
I can tell the way you hang your head (hang your head)
Your not in love now, now your afraid (you're afraid)
And through the tears you look around (look around)
But there's no piece of mind to be found (no piece of mind to be found)
I know what your thinking,
You're alone now, no love of your own, but darling
Reach out come on girl reach out for me
Reach out reach out.......... just look over your shoulder
I'll be there to give you all the love you need
And I'll be there you can always depend on me
I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there to love and comfort you

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Gram Parsons - $1,000 Wedding



Gram Parsons - $1,000 Wedding

It was a $1000 wedding supposed to be held the other day
And with all the invitations sent
The young bride went away
When the groom saw people passing notes
Not unusual, he might say
But where are the flowers for my baby
I'd even like to see her mean old mama
And why ain't there a funeral, if you're gonna act that way
I hate to tell you how he acted when the news arrived
He took some friends out drinking and it's lucky they survived
Well, he told them everything there was to tell there along the way
And he felt so bad when he saw the traces of old lies still on their faces
So why don't someone here just spike his drink
Why don't you do him in some old way
Supposed to be a funeral
It's been a bad, bad day
The Reverend Dr. William Grace
Was talking to the crowd
All about the sweet child's holy face and
The saints who sung out loud
And he swore the fiercest beasts
could all be put to sleep the same silly way
And where are the flowers for the girl
She only knew she loved the world
And why ain't there one lonely horn and one sad note to play
Supposed to be a funeral
It's been a bad, bad day
Supposed to be a funeral
It's been a bad, bad day

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Friday, February 8, 2008

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I Love Creedence



Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I Love Creedence

I'm Creedence Clearwater Wright
Best friend of Elodie Eye
We've been tight since Percy Elementary
Class of 1985
We moved together out to Philly after college
Took a two bedroom at South & 9th
I sold my violin so we could have it easy
El got her grandmother's money when she died

We laughed like we were queens
And split our ballgowns at the seams
And every single time I'd dream
It was only El & me
But then she slipped away from me
She met a boy from New Jersey
And they fell fast in love of course
I swear it felt like a divorce

This September I'll be 26 years old
And El's the only one besides my dad
Who's ever said I love you Creedence

Took got a job downtown
It's an hour on the bus each way
Typing letters for a lawyer in a bad toupee
It's dumb I know but it pays okay

And did I mention I moved out
I got my own place off of South
And I've been living hand to mouth
For going on a year by now
And yes I still see El around
It's different but I can't say how
She cut her hair it's back to brown
She's living with her boyfriend now

And since September I've been 26 years old
She's still the only one besides my dad
Who's ever said I love you Creedence

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness



Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness

Well, you're my friend
And can you see
Many times we've been out drinking
Many times we've shared our thoughts
But did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got
Well you know I have a love, for everyone I know
And you know I have a drive, to live I won't let go
But can you see this opposition, comes rising up sometimes
That is dread full imposition, comes blacking in my mind

And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
And then I see a darkness
Did you know how much I love you
There's a hope that somehow you
Can save me from this darkness

Well I hope that someday buddy
We'll have peace in our lives
Together or apart
Alone or with our wives
And we can stop our whoring
And pull the smiles inside
And light it up forever
And never go to sleep
My best unbeaten brother
This isn't all I see

Oh no, I see your darkness
Oh no, I see your darkness
Oh no, I see your darkness
Oh no, I see your darkness
Did you know how much I love you
There's a hope that somehow you
You'll save me from this darkness

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Black Uhuru - Youth of Eglington



Black Uhuru - Youth of Eglington

The youths of Eglinton
Won't put down their Remington
The youth of Brixton
They have their 45 Smith and
Wesson pistol pistol
The youth of Utica Avenue
They just can't keep cool
So much gun shot some
Cripple some turn fool
They are responsible for a lot
Of children
And they need food
And they want to go to school

I say the youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
I say the youth of Kingston
Won't leave their Magnum
pistol pistol
A very thin line to start the crime
Who will be the first to
Volunteer
You love you love your fuckery
Get up and get yourself together
You hear the words of Jah Jah
Coming from the hill top of
Dabra Dabra
Keep you strength

The youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
I say the youth of Brixton
They put down their 45 Smith
And Wesson pistol pistol

Stop and listen
They want you to fight the good fight
But save you strength
For strength of life
The youths in Africa
All a dem a thriller

I say the youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
The youth of Kingston
Won't leave their Magnum
Pistol pistol
Poor Jill she was a spill
She got hit by a stray shot

The youths of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
The youths of Brixton
They put down their 45 Smith
And Wesson pistol pistol

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Nerf Herder - Van Halen


Nerf Herder - Van Halen

I bought Van Halen I
It was the best damn record I ever owned
TG&Y 1978
Two hand tapping guitar technique really got me off
Eruption yeah, ain't talkin' 'bout love, I'm on fire

Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil

I bought Women and Children First
Fair Warning and Van Halen II
Dance the night away
1984 my favorite record yeah I wore it down
Might as well jump
Might as well jump

Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil

Is this what you wanted, Sammy Hagar?
Sammy Hagar, is this what you wanted, man?
Dave lost his hairline but you lost your cool buddy
Can't drive 55
I'll never buy your lousy records again
Again, again, again, never again

Tomorrow may come
Tomorrow may never come again
Can't you hear Jamie cryin?
She's runnin' with the devil
Jump jump jump jump jump jump jump, might as well jump

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Destroyer - Looter's Follies


Destroyer - Looter's Follies

You can huff
You can puff
But you'll never destroy that stuff
Finally i see why
I suppose
Kids you better change your feathers
Cause you'll never fly with those things

In these nights
The boys sing "hello, emptiness
I heard you're alright
I heard you're alright
I've heard of you"

A body aching
Fragile and pale
Dark valleys
House its trail
Why can't you see?
That a life in art
And a life of mimicry
It's the same thing

The room was crowded
And though you couldn't care less about it
That much was true
That much
Another version of this miniature rome
To set fire to
Why did we stop fucking around you
Girls like gazelles
Graze boys wearing bells
Blaze new trails in sound

I looked up
I looked around
A famous toronto painter shot me down
Oh i've busted my ass on these streets too long, he said
I set fire to the bed
And tore his gown

Felt some mercurial presence
Hitherto unknown
It was the sun
It was a stone falling through blank space
It was that jewel-encrusted roan
Getting in my face

Looked across the way
To the princess rooms
I saw brides and their grooms
Heard the sound of bells ringing

Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire
When across an ocean
We go
We row
And we row
And we tire

Now step out of the darkness and into the light
Yeah it's common knowledge i've been doing alright
No i can't complain
On the east side midwives'
Lives go down the drain
All cause our babies are dying

I lifted the veil to see
Nature's trickery
Revealed as pure shit
From which nothing ever rose
Because nothing ever could
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
And i swear looter's follies has never sounded so good
And win or lose, what's the difference?


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Friday, February 1, 2008

Bob Seger - Fire Lake


Bob Seger - Fire Lake

Who's gonna ride that chrome three wheeler
Who's gonna make that first mistake
Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers
All the way to fire lake
Who wants to break the news about uncle joe
You remember uncle joe
He was the one afraid to cut the cake
Who wants to tell poor aunt sarah
Joe's run off to fire lake
Joe's run off to fire lake

Who wants to brave those bronze beauties
Lying in the sun
With their long soft hair falling
Flying as they run
Oh they smile so shy
And they flirt so well
And they lay you down so fast
Till you look straight up and say
Oh lord
Am i really here at lost

Who wants to play those eights and aces
Who wants a raise
Who needs a stake
Who wants to take that long shot gamble
And head out to fire lake
Head out
Who wants to go to fire lake
And head out
Who wants to go to fire lake
Head out
Out to fire lake
Who's gonna do it

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