rock and roll musings by Tim Byrnes

Single Going Steady: Words to Live By

(....I've chosen this song as my 1st 'single' and have been posting it all over the free mp3 sites, including http:www/betarecords/timbyrnes. And I thought here and now would be as good a time and place as any to post the lyrics to the song. Hope y'all like it.    tb)

Lester Bangs

(words and music by Tim Byrnes)

Sing a song for Lester Bangs

Sing a song for those who live
Any 3 minutes and 26 seconds
Has so much it could give
Someone finds God on a scratched 45
Each and every day
Sing a song for Lester Bangs
It’s so sad he passed away

But ain’t it funny how we almost knew it then
That even if we held our breath it never had to end
And ain’t it funny now that we’re the ones who choose
To look to these losers as winners
When we have so much to lose

Sing a song for 8 Track
Sing for Quadraphonic Sound
Your Jeep Beats will be just as obsolete
When the next phase rolls around
There’s a kid out there with a hard drive somewhere
And he or she’s just learning how to lay (and they’re learning fast)
And that kid’s going to come along pretty soon
And blow us all away (and I can’t wait)

Sing a song for Sid Vicious and Elvis
And Lennon and Coltrane and Hendrix
Sing a song for the everyday airplane crashes
That took them all away
And while you’re at it
Sing a song for Lester Bangs
It’s so sad he passed away
So sad

Posted by: timbyrnes at 20:07 | link | comments (2)

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#1  19 April 2006 - 20:26

 

Yeah, "Lester" would make sense as a single. Sound quality is good, and sounds like Counting Crows when THEY were good....

Site looks kind of cool too, although it's hard to picture you featured with a bunch of rappers. :) And when'd you turn 55, anyway? :P

burninglight

#2  20 April 2006 - 20:28

 

55!!?? Wow that's a typo. No, just gonna be 51 (!) next month (!!!)

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