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COLIN JOHN - lap steel
CB - the other noises

[From the upcoming audio project: "Been That, Done There", late 2021 release.]

"DRIFTER"

VERSE 1
Drifter screams in hot
Chased by baggage tags
With everything he owns
in three plastic bags
I have kissed all the points of the compass
Now I crave a desperate cave
Your asylum couch

VERSE 2
We were deserters once
Rebel cartoons
Trailing dust
from the back of our Elmore brooms
Can I get you something else?
Yeah, you better, man
Play me music that will buzz
like bees in my mouth

CHORUS 1
Drifter’s gone sofa
Screeched to a stop
Ran out of running
Like an over-wound clock
Drifter’s gone sofa
Welcome to stay
Making me sorry
for what I gave away

VERSE 3
Drifter smells like all the places
He’s been.
I old man musk, with a weary swag
Dust on my Ric, but there’s a pick in my pocket
I want parades again, so Drifter…give me your flag

CHORUS 2
Drifter’s gone sofa
I let him down
We used to be nomads,
but I grabbed the ground
Drifter’s gone sofa
We spun the globe
Making me sorry
That I found a home

CHORUS 3
Drifter’s gone sofa
To catch his breath
He’s ready to book
But I’m not ready yet
Gotta leave a note
Gotta grab my hat
Gotta tell my sister/friends/best friend
I left the keys
Under the welcome mat
‘Cause I wanna live where there are
Elephants. 
Too.

DRIFTER


Talk About the Passion
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
Tenax Club, Firenze, Italy
February 2nd, 1988

NOTES:
REM cover, first time played.
Audience recording, pretty good sound.

Many thanks to ShadowsATT for digitizing and sharing.

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Talk About The Passion, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, 1988 - 02 - 02, Tenax, Firenze - Italy

Live at The Mercury Lounge with the Jeremy Chatzky, Steve Calhoon (Skeleton Key) and Sean Eden (LUNA). Starts  dealing with a heckler.

Drunk on Wild Turkey & soda (which when combined with various allergy meds made me "shouty")  Trying to sound like a mix of Willie Nelson and Sam Cooke. Turned out more like Judd Nelson and Sam Kinison.

Does the Bitter Moon really care about how dark it gets?  (Drunken Mercury Lounge July 20, 2006)

The Perfect Nanny

Tina Marshall wrote these lyrics. Check out her amazing band and her badass guitar shredding at http://deathbyguitar.bandcamp.com/

The Mirror that Loved

Winter Hours Live WXRT radio broadcast from the Metro in Chicago 10/18/1989

WH Metro 10 18 1989

A song that I made a while ago. Drums by Arthur Caplan @arthurcaplanmusic
Art by Sebastian Bango @Sebango

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Does the Bitter Moon really care about how dark it gets? (Drunken Mercury Lounge July 20, 2006)

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