2001-07-12 - 4:05 a.m.
Doodlbug came over today. We wrote a tune together. He showed me an old bass riff of his and I wrote words and put a chorus on it. And it goes a little something like this…
Here he comes
Mr. Third Coast Shades
Waxing nostalgic
As the traffic light fades
He's got it made
Mommy and Daddy
Made sure of that
As he falls, splat
Onto the dance floor
But no one wants
To dance with him no more
Gettin' old's a chore
I'm told
Yawn while the drama
Unfolds
***
Buffalo Bill was once a snake charmer
Kicked in the nuts
By a Fujiyama mama
Beat of the tom tom pushes him
Towards the bar
Falling like a leaf and staring
At her cleavage
A Beaver Cleaver moment
Without redemption
Attempting his only
Pick up line
***
You don't have to laugh
But it's funny
You don't have to smile
'cause it's sad
I'm not the only one
Caught in a bubble
Trouble fumbling
Tumbling
Crumbling
Churning mad
***
Out on the street
It seems so silly
A Henry Rollins meets Milli Vanilli
Truman Capote
Pinches me on the ass
Step on the gas
In Cassidy fassion
Where's the passion
Clashin' the brass
Like a slash from the past
The horizon always divin'
On the other side
***
And I could give a damn
Could you lend me a damn?
Hey buddy, got a spare damn?
***
Somebody stop me
'cause I'm panting
Pseudo-intellectually ranting
Can this action
Before I act the fool
You think it's cool, do ya?
That's just what they want
Another opiated mood
So they can cruise
Without you
Caring
*
(c)B.Y.G.U.M. 2001
Ok, it's not Elliot but it fits the riff. I like the Buffalo Bill part. I guess that's a nod to Cummings. Anyway, we'll put it in with the set. Later today, we'll be rehearsing for the August shows. Every Tuesday in August, 11 pm, Wammo and the Muff Fluffers at Room 710, 710 Red River, Austin, Tx. It'll be fun to do a weekly local gig again. Stop on by.
