The engine of desire...
Without lust... could there be rock and roll?
It would certainly set sexual procreation back a few squares, anyhow. And that would put a big dent in the evolution of the species... if young girls weren't attracted to young guys with high tight pompadours... pretty soon back into the primordial slime with the whole ballgame. Er... so to speak.
Anyhow...
So far, A Year of Songs hasn't produced too many of what you might call "definitive versions" of my tunes but I'm thinking this one is kind of in the running. (Not, mind you, that it is in any way slick or well recorded. In fact, the vocal is about three times too loud. But, hey, it's close enough for A Year of Songs.) The "studio version" is pretty definitive, too, in its way, a big, roiling techno-swamp-boogie morass... watch out for the alligators.
This version, though, might seem at first blush to be a bit of a tribute to Brit folk master, John Renbourn -- though I tremble to mention his name while talking about my modest efforts. Then again, I don't have 20 fingers and, after listening to Mr Renbourn's playing for years, I'm convinced he does. (But he did manage to keep the extras hid, somehow, when I saw him a few times at the tiny McCabe's guitar shop concert room in Santa Monica in the 80s.)
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Pretty Little Head
baby I've been alone for such a long time
these feelings tearin' me apart
I got pain in my head and a fire in my loins
and a whole lot of empty in my heart
If you had a thought in your pretty little head
Then maybe we could talk
today we're alive tomorrow we're dead
so I think right now we'd better rock
I look in your eyes and I wonder what
is going on in your mind
Are you really where you are
or where you'll be tomorrow night?
your leg touches mine beneath the table
I feel your hand slide up my thigh
I feel kinda dizzy I feel kinda high
I feel like I'm gonna die
If you had a thought in your pretty little head
Then maybe we could talk
today we're alive tomorrow we're dead
so I think right now we'd better rock
(C)1989, TK Major
