A jazzy-jammy-swingy-sort-of-rock song; bouncing funk groove playfully alternates with swing time cocktail throwback under hyperactive vocal rant. We call it "Phish-step".
pink floyd
rock
beatles
funk
jazz
primus
les claypool
blues
los angeles
saxophone
led zeppelin
california
hendrix
progressive rock
guitar solo
frank zappa
clapton
bass solo
incubus
orange county
morphine
john coltrane
tenor saxophone
al rahn
elliot koenig
jason peed
orange county california
ricky hopkins
ruben puebla
Story behind the song
Dedicated to Triin and Ruth, wherever they're sleeping tonight.
Lyrics
you are an eastern-bloc baby with a west-coast style and you go through boys like a radio dial change the channel, man, iʼve heard this one before you got a knack for attracting everything that you hate and if i gotta ask itʼs already too late shops are closed up here, go check the girl next door
well i canʼt see a way around this wall youʼve built just wonʼt come down guess iʼll be moving on but before i do thereʼs one thing you should know
youʼre a celebration of the whole latvian nation in your business suit and stockings underneath you got me tripping on my tongue, springing til iʼm over-sprung a rag doll you can gnash between your teeth
well i canʼt help but be confused you kiss me as you knot the noose guess iʼll be going up but before i go thereʼs one thing i should show you
CHORUS: i got a brick in my hand and iʼm thinking of letting it go right through your second story window i got a brick
the perfect size so you can stack me on your wall but maybe i will be the brick that makes your iron curtain fall i got a brick in my hand
well i canʼt seem to keep my cool acting the american fool in this cross-atlantic play
iʼm wallowing in self-defense and building up my armaments trying to find the right thing to say
but if i canʼt beat you, so they say i guess iʼd better join the fray another shiny trophy in your case
cause i canʼt see a way around this wall youʼve built will not come down guess iʼll be moving on but before i go thereʼs one thing I should show you!
CHORUS (x 2)