I bought Dave Bookman’s records, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
Your love’s a balloon, a razor string’s attached.
I bought Dave Bookman’s records, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
Floating up to the moon, reach without a scratch, then I’m back.
I’m only as cut up as fingers can be,
Nicks and cuts all over from climbing on the string,
I’m only bleeding wounds imaginary imagery
But these aren’t the blues, rib cage is bruised from your boots
From when I was down beneath your feet,
The dust below me that bound was all that held me
From sinking into the Earth and I found it flew up and obscured me,
And in the cloud I made a getaway
From living into containment.
La la la la la la la, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
This love’s like a needle, pointing where it feels,
I bought Dave Bookman’s records, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
This love’s like an arrow in a compass shooting at the sparrows above us,
And as all of our air seeps out you wrinkle like the sunshine
Shone upon sultanas, ovoids losing shape and shine,
Talk like I’m a flock of starling springs from you cannon,
Dissipate in shifting shapes, twisting in the wind of days of days
Of deepening skies and darkening telling of white lies
Starving for the truth like air for balloons let out like eating food of air,
All the nutrition of a chocolate eclair, you told me when we met that life isn’t
Fair. La la la la la la la.
La la la la la la la, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
Ending’s coming soon, a pop and I can feel it more,
La la la la la la la, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
Your love’s a balloon deflated on the floor in the dust of an abandoned Matador
Ballroom turning into a condo, slated for demolition
But the funding went dry and it’s just standing there
With a shrivelled up balloon on the ground in the dust where rats walk by,
Dave Bookman’s records, I bought Dave Bookman’s records,
My grant is coming soon and I’ll finish this and get it in the can,
Just like that.
Woozy, rollicking indie rock that's thick and humid, searching vocals set against pealing guitars. Also available on cassette. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 22, 2016
