This is another Shortbus soundtrack post for me. Sorry but not really. I can't seem to recommend the soundtrack enough lately. It's entirely possible that next week I'll be posting another song off that soundtrack.
This week we have a lovely tune from Jay Brannan, an actor/musician who was in the film. This song is deceptively optimistic sounding. Seriously, the song has the words "shoobie doobie doo-wap" in the chorus. It's got a cute innocent folky guitar part under Jay's happy melody. I didn't even catch that the song was about overdosing severely on drugs or alcohol until the third or fourth listen. I think that contradiction between the dark content and the actual song is what sealed my utter enjoyment of the song.
Some of my favorite lyrics: "how can i repay you for saving me and my hardwood floor" and "i read my upheaves, much like tea leaves"
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The sidewalk is rushing at my head again
I'm lying on the street in the rain and wind
From doing forward rolls down Avenue A
With my guitar on my back don't let it end this way
Somehow i dialed my cell
I didn't know I could get service in hell
How quickly can you get here
Don't know where I am dear
Finally the world actually seems to be revolving around me
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
You held my head over the edge of the bed
I remember it now but at the time I thought I was dead
You put a pan there and held by hair
How can I repay you for saving me and my hardwood floor
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
And when the world stops spinning round
I picked the pen up off the ground
I read my up heaves much like tea leaves
They said its over so get sober or you'll die again
Shoobie doobie doo-wap
I over did it at the soda shop
Thanks for being my girl
At the "I don't know when to stop sock hop"
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