[Jandek] glasgow friday lyrics

[Rick Hall]

And if you're driving to Austin from Houston via I-10 & Hwy 71, you pass by Bastrop about 35 miles before you reach Austin.
 
-Rick
Texas
 
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:56 -0700> From: fatehi at berkeley.edu> To: jandek at mylist.net> Subject: [Jandek] glasgow friday lyrics> > Hey all,> > Here's my transcription of Glasgow Friday. There's not too much that I> couldn't figure out, actually -- that surprised me.> > One interesting note about "These Kokomos": There appears to be both a> Kokomo Lane and a Maynard Street in the town of Bastrop, TX. Bastrop> is itself one of the oldest towns in Texas, if you can believe the> municipal web site:> > http://www.bastroptexas.net/history/bastrop.htm> > I wonder what the connection is to Corwood, or if it's just a> coincidence.> > Anyway, I enjoyed this album quite a bit. It sounded like the Rep was> having a lot of fun -- you could hear a wry smile in his voice here> and there -- and Richard Youngs's bass riffs even made a tangent to> melody every once in a while...> > Sherv> > > > > Walking Blues> > I'm going get up [sic] this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm gonna walk all over this city.> Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues.> > I got these walkin' blues, mama.> I'm gonna walk all day long.> I'm gonna walk to the east,> then walk over to the west.> I'm gonna walk to the north,> and then walk down to the south.> > I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm going get up this morning,> put on my walkin' shoes.> I'm gonna walk all over this city.> Oo, mama, I got these walkin' blues.> > > > Goodbye Today> > Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> It's always tomorrow,> no matter what I do.> I'm going there,> always on the way.> I can't stay here,> not a minute longer.> > Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> It's always tomorrow,> no matter what I do.> I'm going there,> always on the way.> I can't stay here,> not a minute longer.> > It's a short, fast shot,> way out of here.> Goodbye, today.> I won't be missing you.> > > > This Wasted Life> > This wasted life> I'm stumbling through.> These stupid mistakes> that keep me from you.> > I destroy myself> and hurt all over.> And when I wake up,> I see you protected me.> > Why, why, why,> why can't I do this?> Why can't I stop> this wasted life?> > Please take my freedom.> I can't use it right.> Make me a moron> who doesn't know> this wasted life> I'm stumbling through.> > > > Slave of the River> > Slave of the river> beating down wild land.> The path is through thinking.> Don't worry 'bout the rest.> > You can go there on Sundays,> walk in the cathedral,> develop that purity,> make everything beautiful.> > Slave of the river> winding down the double-u [?].> Pine needles all around me.> It's soft to the step.> > Just get the low-down branches> cut down to the ground.> Slave of the river,> sitting, watching it go by.> > The bugs jumping on it.> The wasp at the shore,> sandy and clear.> Slave of the river,> slave of the river,> slave of the river...> > > > My Plan> > It's my plan to answer no.> It doesn't matter where you go.> If I want to do something,> it's my plan to answer no.> > A bell, fair ringer, [?] not for me.> Where I am, there is no sound.> But events that do transpire> are for another, not for me.> If I want to do something,> it's my plan to answer no.> > It's my plan to answer no.> It doesn't matter where you go.> The birds that eat the things they find,> the men who think the words they read...> > The voices I hear in the dark,> they tell me never to embark.> So I'll stay here and deny you.> It's my plan to answer no.> > > > If I Could Be with You> > If I could be with you,> oh god, I'd give anything> if I could be with you.> > If I could live with you,> right here in this rainy city,> if I could live with you...> > It would be so nice> to be by your side.> It would be so nice.> > If I could be with you,> oh god, I'd give anything> if I could be with you.> > You make me feel so good> I forget my past.> You make me feel so good.> > If I could hold you close> and be with you,> If I could hold you close.> > If I could live with you,> right here in this rainy city,> if I could live with you...> > You make me feel so good> I forget my past.> You make me feel so good.> > It would be so nice> to be by your side.> It would be so nice.> > If I could be with you,> if I could be with you...> > > > Out and About> > I listened to your message> about ten times.> I called you the next day> five times,> and the very next day> I called you once.> No one answered the phone.> Are you alive?> > But you remind me of me.> I don't pick up the phone.> Here but I'm two hours a day [?]> when I'm away.> > I'm out and about.> I got some things to do.> I'll get real pure.> I'm working on that,> and, when I'm there,> you'll be there, too.> > I listened to your message> about ten times.> I called you the next day> five times,> and the very next day> I called you once.> > > > These Kokomos> > They shake me up> every time,> these Kokomos.> I'm rattlin' my bones.> They shake me up,> these Kokomos.> > And these Kokomos,> oo, they shake me up.> I explode.> Oo, they shake me up,> these Kokomos,> these Kokomos.> > And I'm walking on Maynard Street.> These Kokomos can't understand.> So I walk to the street,> I stay off their sidewalk,> I learn the alternatives to> Maynard Street.> > They shake me up every time,> these Kokomos.> I'm rattlin' my bones.> They shake me up,> these Kokomos.> > And these Kokomos,> oo, they shake me up.> I explode.> Oo, they shake me up,> these Kokomos,> these Kokomos.> > > > Something New> > I'm going to give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you> from the bottom of my heart.> Something happened from the start.> > I see you walking in the street> in all the faces that I meet.> I'm gonna give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you.> > I want to be with you today> in each and every way,> and, as the rain comes falling down,> the cheerful people all around...> > I'm grateful for the love you give.> It really makes me want to live,> and I love to live with you,> and I know you love me, too.> > I'm going to give you something new.> It's something that I feel for you> and I'm feeling every time> when you're here with me.> > >From the bottom of my heart:> Something happened from the start.> I see you walking in the street> in all the faces that I meet.> I'm grateful for the love you give.> It really makes me want to live.> > > > Arms of a Stranger> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as though I have found my way home,> > a long-lost joy and precious quiet.> It seems a secret that I always knew.> > I want to give and take> all the good things I know about life:> All the children, innocent and pure,> all the love we could share...> > Don't matter [sic] the business of everyday life.> There's a time for all the things that must be.> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as I [sic] found my way home.> > I take all what I have [sic], then.> They are all what I have, and [?]> here with you, on this beautiful day,> my stranger, in your arms I stay.> > A long-lost joy and precious quiet:> It seems a secret I've always known.> > I want to give and take> all the good things I know about life.> > As I fall into the arms of a stranger,> I feel as though I found my way home.> > > _______________________________________________> jandek mailing list> jandek at mylist.net> http://mylist.net/listinfo/jandek
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