"LAZY RAIN"

SMOG (BILL CALLAHAN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSa9agJym7w

 

It's snaining outside
Or is it just lazy rain
It's six AM and I'm walking home
While the city twitches
In a sleep of dog dreams

Me and a friend of mine
We just cheated death
Now I'm walking home
For death's rain check

I open the door quietly
So as not to wake
The blue-eyed wedding cake
But she's watching me with one eye
The sleepy little spy

She helps me off with my shirt
Because my arm was hurt
In a recent fall
I slide into the bed
Then my leg I thread
Between hers
I put my good arm on her belly
Her hips
Her knees
She is made of several babies

I keep my scratchy cast to myself
As I feel our bodies melt
Into two drops of lazy rain
Snaking down the window pane

And when the two drops merge
Then there is the surge
Of one larger drop
We move faster towards the sill

 "CHOSEN ONE"

SMOG (BILL CALLAHAN) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d8NoPXB2QU

Oh, you're a wild horse
On a collision course
With the sun
Oh, you're a wild horse
On a collision course
With the sun
I wanted to ride that wild horse
Into the sun
I wanted to ride that wild horse
Into the sun
But I no longer think that
I'm your chosen one
On no, I no longer think that
I'm your chosen one
Oh, well
Oh, well

Maybe it's best for you to ride
Ride into the sun
Maybe it's best for you to ride
Ride into the sun
Because I no longer think that
I'm your chosen one
Oh no, I no longer think that
I'm your chosen one
Oh, well
Oh, well
Oh, well
Oh, well

 

 "I BREAK HORSES"

SMOG (BILL CALLAHAN)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rsVCy8tLdk

 

Well, I rode out to the ocean
And the water looked like tarnished gold
I rode out on a broken horse
Who told me she'd never felt so old
She asked me if I'd feed her
And ride her now and then

No no no, no no no, no no no
I break horses
I don't tend to them
I break horses
They seem to come to me
Asking to be broken
They seem to run to me
I break horses
Doesn't take me long
Just a few well-placed words
And their wandering hearts are gone
At first her warmth felt good between my legs
Living breathing heart-beating flesh
But soon that warmth turned to an itch
Turned to a scratch
Turned to a gash
I break, I break horses
I don't tend to them

Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
And I don't want to see you swimming behind
Tonight I'm swimming to my favorite island
And I don't want to see you swimming behind

No, I break horses
I don't tend to them

 "TOP OF THE POPS"

THE REZILLOS

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roZ_plpJGCM

 

Hold tight, now we're on our own
Cue light, now it's ready to roll
Tonight, how I've waited for aggravated for years
It's fun, oh I just can't wait
Hold on, do I look up to date
Your on, I'll do anything if that's the right thing to see

Does it matter what is shown
Just as long as everyone knows
What is selling what to buy
The stock market for your hi fi

Take the money, leave the box
Everybody's on top of the pops

There's one, born every day
Sing song, then fade away
Ding dong, what's the future in the pop music industry
Alright, so you make the grade
Hold tight, to the buck you made
Just wait, you been rated for constipated peak viewing time

Does it matter what is shown
Just as long as everyone knows
What's in fashion what is seen
On the front of a television screen

Take the money, leave the box
Everybody's on top of the pops

Hold tight, now we're on our own
Cue light, now it's ready to roll
Tonight, how I've waited for aggravated for years
It's fun, oh I just can't wait
Hold on, do I look up to date
Your on, I'll do anything if that's the right thing to see

Does it matter what is shown
Just as long as everyone knows
What is selling what to buy
The stock market for your hi fi

Take the money, leave the box
Everybody's on top of the pops
Pay the money, watch the box
Everybody's on top of the pops
Everybody's on top of the pops

 "FLASHES"

ILL WIND 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXWAV-WeYw

"JUST TO CRY"

MILLER ANDERSON 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fU6NCJDwlo&list=OLAK5uy_kMSxqy5zROaHERKZooRnFxZEwe3CpZUH8&t=4s
 

 "TIN CANS AND ALLEYWAYS"

DON COOPER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma6YGUuTxNw

Tin cans and alleyways
See the days I walk through
Old men along the street
Empty walls and yellow sheets
are the only things that I talk to

Where will I go
What will I do
Who will I know
Does it really make a difference anyway
I guess I'll search around
Until I find a quiet town
A little town where maybe
I can put me down to stay
All I want to do is be where
some warm body knows my name

Well I don't have loving
And I don't need money
I never looked for too much from living
Gone lots of places
Seen lots of faces
And accepted what kindly
been given me, honey