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Sex Symbols Have Tragic Endings

from We Thought There'd Be More People Here by The Purrs

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12/11/03, The Crocodile - Seattle, WA

Another early wail-a-rama from me. Early on the narrator of this tune seems to be complaining about the audience being to close to the stage, yet later is wanting them to come back and then later still, decides maybe he should do the leaving. I wish this guy would make up his mind.
I would love to say that this is a prescient song about social distancing written years before the current plague but of course that would be ridiculous. The narrator kind of reminds me of a cat that scratches at the door to go out and then just stands there.
Jason's guitar is super awesome here but I really dig that Arabic sounding rhythm guitar from Sara.

lyrics

I’d do anything to make you go away - please go away
Come back some other day
An apple a day keeps the bad things at bay
Far away from the stage
All in all just please go go go away - Please go away

The blue pill is for when I want to sleep well - oh well
All gone but I’m under a new spell
A speak & spell, a hollow shell, a fresh hell
In the morning I’m under a new spell
New spell, new spell I don’t sleep so well, sleep so well
Alright, let’s roll…

I’d do anything to make you come back, please come back,
Flat on my back like a sneak attack
On hallowed ground don’t shut your mouth
Don’t leave no doubt - Oh moaning man there is no doubt
I’ve lived too long, I’ve lived too hard
Oh fuck it man, just get out - looking for a way out
Get out - looking for a way out...

credits

from We Thought There'd Be More People Here, released May 7, 2021
Recorded by Jim Anderson
Jima (Bass, Vocals)
Sara Becker (Guitar, Vocals)
Craig Keller (Drums)
Jason Milne (Guitar)

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