love at 20 is for life
Mickey Mouse stares at his big black shoes
man he's got the blues 
the 2022 blues

a tease
a squeeze of healing 
it gets to the end
or close to the end
and falls off again
the 2022 blues

the hook goes in 
& breaks some skin 
& stays in
the hook and the cleft 
that’s all you have left
and 1982
and 2022 
and boogie nights

2022 blues (for Jane)

Four years after Disco Demolition Night, the Police performed at Comiskey Park.  In the Quad Cities, 80s entertainment included the Bix Beiderbecke festival and cruising on Saturday Night.

Phone Messages

181 Ahdahdah (Brian 12)

All my mimes in a line all the time 
drop a dime for a mime and keep walking
chalking up conquests and chortles and sighs
all my mimes in a line pull the blinds

Mimes unwind when they’re storming
morning, mimes— get in line
They pour their little hearts out performing in the park
then they’re  crying in the dark all my mimes

& my mine she was a no show
gone with her dog named moo shu
shames unwind the hands of mimes
gloved unloved hands of mimes.

All My Mimes

The 1980s was the last decade when most college students still relied on typewriters, but recently there has been a revived interest in vintage machines.

188 That Mumble (Julia 5)

I could really use a shower
wash it off and all away
give me about an hour 
or a couple of days
got a loofa and a bear claw and a mega pint of wine
I’m no Jack Sparrow 
but I’m sailing off just fine
you texted how ya doing
next question please
I’m no Jack Sparrow
but I’m turning back to the sea
hear the crashes of the waves
heading into the deep

Live at Strokers

Mega Pint

when you snooze you lose
twos define the mood
snooze all day, you lose all day
you Sasquatch 
lots of weight to lose
lots of ways to lose
do the math
go take a bath, Sasquatch 
I hit the city and I lost my band
lost 2 women to 2 other men
hit the burbs and forgot the words
shit show at JC studios
do the math go take a bath
you Sasquatch

Do the Math

She’s always pissed at someone
I like it when it's me
like a duckbill platypus
on the nature show on tv
we evolved to be really weird

She’s always pissed at someone
now it’s you
hold your breath or hold your nose
that’s up to you

It’s not what you see
it’s what you don’t see
not what you don’t see
it’s what you see

candelabra fodder
she moved to Colorado
still mad at someone
probably not either of us
it’s a lot to swallow 
we were both so mellow
you’re a fucked up fellow
my mind turned to jello
and here we are all alone.

Hand Me Down Backscratcher

Platypus

Call me fatso
I don’t care
call me sir, get me surly
shake that swirl 
shake that sit
shake that sit & watch your spit

Walk it off if you lose 
stay in bed all day and snooze
if it’s late enough to booze
c’mon girl hit me with a fist bump

game over hear the buzzer
Sam and Dave didn't like each other
everybody’s heard about the bird
b b b b bird is the word
windshield’s scattered, splattered with turds
park under birds & turd is the word

walk it back
walk it back walk it back
did you really mean to say that?
walk it back, walk it back
walk it back-- absurd is the word.

Walk It Back

Just a pinch a punch
between teeth and gums
phoning it in, speed dialing it in
I dialed 911 a long time ago
don't you see how late they're reacting
look out, cook out, here it comes
it's time go into the bedroom to change

Max Headroom meet Rham Emmanuel
he sells sea shells when he's feeling well
but a couple of Coors lites 
he's out for the night
tonight he's not really feeling all right 
he got too buzzed. 

goodbye teeth, goodbye gums
the earthquake revealed a fissure of dumb
exposing nerves it gets on your nerves
man, I'm nervous, cuz 

buzzed driving equals drunk driving 
buzzards circle, hover over this circle jerk 
while below fat old fucks rip their farts
Jonathan Richman please be my designated driver
if I get too buzzed
if I can finally catch a buzz.

Buzzed

If you don't like my driving
get off the sidewalk
if you’re rich, I’m single
life's a bitch then you die. 

Chicken Little was right
keep on trucking 
grass, gas or ass
no-one rides for free

Don't follow me I'm lost.

Hand Me Down Backscratcher side 2

Get Off the Sidewalk

Hi I live in Roselle Park NJ & have been writing songs and making home recordings since 1983.   I've been a member of the bands Open Sauce, Debris, the Puking Bunheads, Sibidin and Lester Addis & I'm currently in Yummy Burden but these songs are all solo, from 2019& 2020!

Do the Math

Chris Pearson

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