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from "casa" - 2005
lyrics
Don’t let me down Juan, we need you tonight
I’ve come seeking pathos ‘neath the halogen light
Estrella, your mistress, has cued the machine
Your niece is in from Austin, she’s lost to the scene
I and my party have just settled in
Pray happenstance deliver us inviolate
From this wasteland of dreams
Hammered-tin Mexican Jesus
Skeletons playing guitar
Busts of writers and drunkards
Dust fallen mutes the bazaar
There are crosses and candles
And swords without handles
Plastic camels bear wise men from afar
Antlers deer parted, souls referenced and carded
What are we doing here?
Don’t let us down Juan, we need you tonight
We’ve come seeking pathos ‘neath the halogen light
Estrella, your mistress, has cued the machine
Your niece is in from Austin, she’s lost to the scene
I and my party have just settled in
Pray happenstance deliver us inviolate
From this wasteland of dreams
Saints caught in acts sacred deifying
Technicolor prints on the wall
Rebels with their mustaches and rifles posed
Solemn for martyrdoms call
There are buckets for nothing but roses that are dying
Banners for causes long withered in the trying
In the windows the stained glass is quietly crying out
‘What are we doing here’
Don’t let us down Juan, we need you tonight
We’ve come seeking pathos ‘neath the halogen light
Estrella, your mistress, has cued the machine
Your niece is in from Austin, she’s lost to the scene
I and my party have just settled in
Pray happenstance deliver us inviolate
From this wasteland of dreams
In a cardigan borrowed from Rimbaud
Clutches the microphone stand
Though his body and his mind speak otherwise
His eyes gleam as an eager young man’s
There’s a song on his lips, a mid-century tango
Speakers turn out a recording he’ll sing to
Though nothing here crackles like a thundering revue
There’s no disputing the fact that we’re here
So don’t let us down Juan, we need you tonight
We’ve come seeking pathos ‘neath halogen light
Estrella, your mistress, has cued the machine
Your niece is in from Austin, she’s lost to the scene
And I and my party have just settled in
Pray happenstance deliver us inviolate
From this wasteland of dreams
credits
from Smash Hits,
released October 20, 2020
written by Roger Dean Young
rdy - vocals, acoustic guitar, textures
chris rippin - drums, harmony vocals
mark beaty - double bass
shaun brodie - horns
tim gerwig - hand drum
trio montana - tape loop
Produced by Bryan Seely & Roger Dean Young
Recorded by Brodie Smith
at the Art Institute burnaby, bc, july 2004
and by Bryan Seely
at Flat Black surrey, bc 2004 - 05
Mixed by Brodie Smith
at SBEC vancouver, BC may 2005
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