Friday, April 18, 2008

Sorry Signs on Cash Machines :: Mason Jennings

Recently, I have been becoming re-aquainted with an indie musician I first discovered upon moving to Decorah, IA. Mason Jennings is a guitar player/pianist/songwriter from Minnesota and I think he's just phenomenal (and not just because he's from the upper Midwest). His songwriting is really good - he's both a great lyricist and composer. Anyone with a taste for indie folk should be sure to check him out. The following songs is one of the first I ever heard from him and one of my favorites - both of his, and just overall.

This particular performance of the song was recorded in Iowa City, IA, which I think is just plain fitting. The heart of Iowa don't beat like anything else :-)



Sorry Signs On Cash Machines
Oh, my heart is a thoroughbred
I can't sleep in my bed
Everything is burning up inside me
I need something i can feel
Cigarettes and a driving wheel and
Oh, my god, when you cross your legs beside me
I know true love don't love like anybody else
I know your heart don't beat like anybody else
When it all comes down to kerosene
And sorry signs on cash machines
And it don't look like anything you've dreamed of
I won't let you give it up
With sorry sighs and forced bad luck
Come on baby, you know what we're made of
I know true love don't love like anybody else
I know your heart don't beat like anybody else
And all these burning battlefields are now behind us
Life has brought us here together to remind us
That love will rise above it all and just keep growing
Life keeps flowing, and every moment starts right here with us
I know true love don't love like anybody else
I know your heart don't beat like anybody else

1 comment:

.:m-e-g-g-o:. said...

this is making me homesick for the midwest....