I smoke a cigarette As i wait in the bath And i wait for you For an hour and a half And i go to the window Where the sky falls down in rains And i look across the river Where they dance the night away I watch the couples On the corner of town […]
Low Rider - I Write Your Name
Johnny’s trapping stars in his car With the radio on In the parking lot Lily heard a sound While they were going down Someone on el camino had been shot Carmelita stared She really cared for that boy He meant a lot Carmelita, she came over the border Immigration man saw her She wouldn’t take […]
I write your name Everywhere i go Like a worn out code Just to let you know I write your name On my loneliness On the closet hook where you hung that dress Don’t you see You turn this trust To wind and dust and it’s choking me It’s hard to touch the sun And […]
Everything you ever wanted Is passing with the driving rain I died like a salamander On my heart heavy like a chain I been waiting here at the uptown theater And it’s all becoming clear that Refrain: It’s too much head And not much heart But if you think about the end It might never […]
I’m walking uptown I hear a most peculiar sound Like a seashell in my ear Like the ocean was near I go inside this store To get my head clear Once i’m inside the air is fresh as [a lie?] You are greeted by a civil servant She is dressed in beads She jots down […]
[messed?] and peculiar Dancing with julia I see no spare sky This is the last try The static from dreaming Is only now seeming To bring on disaster I told you, i asked her All she said was, "no" Refrain: Sometimes you need a matador Sometimes you need a charging bull The dust will rise […]
Voices - I Write Your Name
Bob drives taxis when the meter runs Bobby hears the music when it’s done He hears the voices He hears the voices Wheels on rain, lightning from the storm Bobby takes the gas Pedal to the floor The voices He hears the voices Refrain: Coming from the traffic, Coming from the cube Like the cry […]
Your uncle’s scandals shook the house of lords Your daddy’s squeezed out as chairman of the board No more doctors write you no more ‘scripts No more intercontinental trips No more luxuries No more luxuries No more crystal pistols up your nose The dry cleaner wants money on the clothes The rolls royce, my dear […]
Hollywood looks good at night The tvs get fine reception But last night jean told steve About her imminent conception She wants a plum tree for the house, for their child Stevie raised his head and said, "that’s wild!" Stevie tried and tried Jean would not comply She said, "your partying needs, you see, Ain’t […]
