Turbulent Innuendo

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

SONG OF NOW

Tea time at Damascus computer cafe
I'm looking busy and staring off the other way
Leverkusen, Juventus and Leeds vs. Valencia
I'm over-hearing all their nonsense in extensia

They're talking too tough for me to inspect
So I have a smell who seems the best to connect
I pick my clique and set to go to work
But the only thing they care about is to whom to play the Turks

So I walked up the length of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself, cause I got there too late

I traded an expired credit card for two cupfulls of water
They had a dirty Beany Baby, so for good luck I bought her
I rented a Hyundai with two flats and no windshield
No speedometer and a handbrake that squealed

When the sun came up I couldn't put down the visor
So I put on my hat and put a question to my advisor
Whose trucks are those that parked up by the town?
But he only would mumble with his eyes pointed down

So I walked up the length of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself, cause I got there too late

My boss, the head of sales for Western Asia
Said you'll get fired if your opposite from Nokia plays ya
If he beats you for the battle of hearts and minds
Tell em we use pig by-products in our designs

When I saw my rival's smile didn't get diminished
No one had to tell me I knew that we were Finnished
You boys from Ericsson better get in the back seat
Cause your phones are getting stoned over on that Straight Street

So I walked up the length of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself, cause I got there too late

So I went to Georgia looking at spas and convents
Tried to make myself the broker for selling off the contents
At the big change clinic my friends said don't be a cynic
You should work in Baku this is what'cha gotta do

Call a contact in Texas talk to them in their Lexus
On their hands-free device and don't seem too nice
But in my tele-conference with Houston
They told me I wasn't any use to them

So I walked up the length of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself, cause I got there too late

Tea time at Damascus computer cafe
I'm looking busy and staring off the other way
While Arsenal, Inter and Madrid vs. Valencia
I'm over-hearing all their nonsense in extensia

They're talking too tough for me to inspect
So I have a smell who seems the best to connect
I pick my clique and set to go to work
But the only thing they care about is to whom to play the Turks

So I walked up the length of the Street they call Straight
Cursing myself, cause I got there too late

~ The Fiery Furnaces, Straight Street

¶ 9:35:00 PM

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