“Autumn Fog” by Nick Lerew

Sullen fog it seems to carry dreams
Lower lights and blush the seams

Words are steam dripping off the tongue
Autumn air is filling up my lung

Moanin' wind crawls beneath my skin
Rigid spine frigid as a sin

Cover me with cotton head to toe
Wrap me tight so I will never grow

There were some clothes on that naked tree
Now summer swelter steeps hot tea
No bathing suits are jumpin' in the sea

When this gray fog has rolled away
And children come outside to play
I'll shake off snow and finally get to say

Summer days will come and go
And I will walk through miles of snow
But I will weather all life's woe

And Though the seasons tend to turn
Summer's heat will always burn
And Autumn Fog is fated to return

Autumn Fog

My cover of Fleet Foxes "Blue Spotted Tail" from their beautiful album "Helplessness Blues".

Why in the night sky are the lights on?
Why is the earth moving round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why in the night sky are the lights on?

Why is life made only for to end?
Why do generals break it at the bend? 
Why this frightened part of me that's fated to pretend?
Why is life made only for to end?

In the city only for a while
Here to face the fortune and the bile
I heard you on the radio, I couldn't help but smile
In the city only for a while

Why in the night sky are the lights on?
Why is the earth moving round the sun?
Floating in the vacuum with no purpose, not a one
Why in the night sky are the lights on?

Blue Spotted Tail

"Perdition" by Nick Lerew

Taken rough and rigid rides
Stolen slips the kisses wide
Broken glass cuts on the tide
and Sunken eyes are soaking dry

Shallow hopes are draining down
Stroke across the naked frown
Settle on the thirsty ground
and Crusted earth is whetted brown

Rubbing knees and friction heat
Bodies floating off the sheet
Nervous hands are swaying wheat
We cashed the check with no receipt

Drinking smoke and sucking stout
Dusty lung stale as a drought
Stumble home, with roe, a trout
and Searing scales aim for the spout

This is not Perdition.
This is not Perdition.
This is not Perdition.
This is not Perdition.

Licking up your soundless stroke
Weathered weir a splitting oak
Dripping joy, a stable soak
and Then the punchline of the joke

Hope is floating in the flood
Ankle deep in drying blood
Breathing wet, I am a rudd
I'm Bathing in my maudlin mud

This is not Perdition.
This is my Volition.
This is not Contrition.
This is my Remission.  

Perdition

Between the Z's

I've waltzed with whales 
and tasted sound
and buried light bulbs underground

Then jumped in jam
and drew the sky
and pulled a hammer from my eye

I've talked to rain
and planted birds
and watched them grow up into words

Then swallowed books 
and hugged a god
and made love to a firing squad

So much time between the Z's
and every night we get a tease
of life without the boundaries
Just close your eyes and whisper “Please”

I've lifted light
and read the moon
and begged a dog to hum a tune

Then shed my skin
and washed in clean
and wore it out for Halloween

I've shot the sun
and seen it bleed
and knit a feather into tweed

Then kissed a shoe
and filled a vase
with everything but time and space

So much time between the Z's
Let your mind go overseas
and brush your toes on the tops of trees
Close your eyes and whisper “Please” 


Between the Z's

This song is inspired by Lana Del Rey's "Video Games".  It is a cover from the perspective of the person she is singing to/about in her song.  I have been thinking about the fact that there are always two sides of the story and I felt He(the person in the song) deserved a voice.  Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy.  Lyrics of "(His) Video Games" are below.  Enjoy!

(His) Video Games
by Nick Lerew
Inspired by "Video Games" by Lana Del Rey

Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in my fast car
Whistling your name

Open up a beer
I say, "Get over here
And play a video game."

Your in my favorite sun dress
Watching you get undressed
Take your body downtown

You say, "You the bestest."
Lean in for a big kiss
"Put my favorite perfume on."

Go play a video game

It's you, it's you, I want all of you
Everything you do
Tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell you all the things I want to do
You heard that I like the bad girls
Honey, that is true.
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now we do

Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame

Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games

Hold you in my strong arms
Drunk and you are seeing stars
This is all I think of

Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's
This is our idea of fun
Playing video games

For me, for me, it's all for me
Everything I see
I tell you all the time
Now you see that You and I are We
Tell me all the things you want to be
You heard that I like the bad girls
"Honey, on your knees."
Now I see that's all that we can be
They say that some love will set you free
Now I have to say it honey, sorry I disagree
So get over me

For me, for me, it's all for me
Everything I see
I tell you all the time
Now you see that You and I were We
Tell me all the things you want to be
You heard that I like the bad girls
"Honey, on your knees."
Now I see that's all that we can be
They say that some love will set you free
Now I have to say it honey, sorry I disagree
So get over me

(His) Video Games

This is my cover of “Tango ‘Til They’re Sore” by Tom Waits. Just before I began recording, a thunderstorm came out of nowhere. It was pouring rain and grape sized hail was beating down on the roof of the woodshed I was recording in. The storm is captured throughout the recording. Let me know what you think. The lyrics are below. Thanks for listening.

“Tango ‘Til They’re Sore”
By Tom Waits
Covered by Nick Lerew

Well ya play that Tarantella
All the hounds they start to roar
And the boys all go to hell
Then the Cubans hit the floor
And they drive along the pipeline
They tango till they’re sore
They take apart their nightmares
And they leave them by the door.

Let me fall out the window
With confetti in my hair
Deal out jacks or better
On a blanket by the stairs
I’ll tell you all my secrets
But I lie about my past
So send me off to bed forever more.

Make sure they play my theme song
I guess daisies will have to do
Just get me to New Orleans
And paint shadows on the pews
Turn the spit on that pig
Kick the drum and let me down
Put my clarinet beneath your bed
Till I get back in town.

Let me fall out the window
With confetti in my hair
Deal out jacks or better
On a blanket by the stairs
I’ll tell you all my secrets
But I lie about my past
So send me off to bed forever more.

Just sure she’s all in calico
And the color of a doll
Wave the flag on cadillac day
And a skillet on the wall
Cut me a switch or hold your breath
Till the sun goes down
Write my name on the hood
Send me off to another town.

Let me fall out the window
With confetti in my hair
Deal out jacks or better
On a blanket by the stairs
I’ll tell you all my secrets
But I lie about my past
So send me off to bed forever more.


NickLerew

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