Name: String Bean Jean (Belle & Sebastian Cover) by The Eye of Mystery
Duration: 4 min 51 s
Description: My tribute to a fan favorite deep cut by Belle & Sebastian.

An excellent take! Am I dreaming, or does the upper harmony evoke a bit of Tom Petty?

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Aint No Sunshine

Oh what tangled webs we weave
When first we practice to believe in contradictions
How quickly fortune turns to grief
When a longing to achieve becomes addiction
The weary prophets take their leave
They know they can’t perceive the truth in modern fiction
But genius can be so naive
And every year on New Year’s Eve they’re back to their predictions

Giants walking on their knees
Though by small degrees they rise to the occasion
They’ve got to earn their Ph.D’s
Even Archimedes wasn’t born with the equations
Minor chords in major keys
The songs in season have their roots in resignation
As we scrap our Christmas trees
We'll gather ‘round on New Year’s eve to drown in our libations.

Tarzan’s come down from the trees
He couldn’t hardly breathe with all that air pollution
And Popeye’s taken to the seas
He packed his water skis and sailed to the Aleutians.
We’re all retired refugees
A rebel band that failed to flee the revolution
So as we break our guarantees
You can rest assured on New Year’s Eve we’ll make new resolutions

What a silly sport to play
On the face of a disposable space station
The game clock ticks away
To the count of an elliptical relation
And though we sometimes drift astray
We make our way to an agreed-upon location
And at the start of New Year’s Day
We’ll leave the sway of New Year’s Eve and join the celebration

Music and Lyrics by John Leibovitz
Performed by the Gary Coleman Orchestra

String Bean Jean (Belle & Sebastian Cover)

The Eye of Mystery

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