This is an older song that I’d never recorded before, which I excavated from the murky depths of my brain when I was in NYC, drinking whiskey with my friend Sarah. We did some cassette recordings of it with her sing harmonies (which I’m gonna digitize soon, and post here). This is a rough demo version I recorded last night. Enjoy.
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why is it you try to hard
that you outsmart yourself?
hyperactive, feverish
your body’s on the shelf
if you won’t even look at me
then you will never see
this frown upon my face
is falling back into the sea
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
we never did in fact… oh, no
drivin’ on the sidewalk
you are bound to hit a few
but ya didn’t see the monster truck
a’comin’ to squish you
now your fingers are all swollen
and your face is twice as big
and as soon as you start squealin’
they will trap you like a pig
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
a mouldering old shack.. of love!
what can lovers do
when all their love has drained away
find a different love
or bite their tongue and hit the hay
your love was like a handkercheif
wiping old noses clean
your death was like a tragedy
that no one mourned but me
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
there’s no way i’ll ever go back
there’s no way we’re gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
not gonna gonna keep it in tact
destroyed upon impact… kaboom
(explodey sounds)
