Crawlin' from the Wreckage

[fflo]

Sing with me, everybody who can:

Got out really early from the factory
Drivin' like a nut in the rain
Don't think I was actin' so hyster-i-cal-ly
But I didn't see a thing until it came

Met the dumb suburbos in the take-away
Beating up the Chinee at the counter
I put a few inside me at the end of the day
I took out my revenge on the revolution counter

chorus:
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that half my brain would get the message
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
Into a brand new car

In walks Bud with his exploding nose
He's been giving it the maximum today
Shouted, How the devil, you in trouble, I suppose
All you ever do is run away

Gunned up the motor inta hyperdrive
I wasn't gonna take any of tha-a-at
Don't get bright ideas 'bout a suicide
'Cause all I ever hear is, Zoom, bam, fantastic

[chorus]

outstanding bridge:
crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage . . . [solo] . . .

Nothin' seems to happen that ain't happen-ed before
I see it all through flashes of depression
I drop my drink and hit some people runnin' for the door
Gotta make some kind of impression

'Cause when I'm disconnected from the drivin' wheel
I'm only half the man I should be
Metal hitting metal is-a all I feel
Everything is good as it poss-i-bul-ly could be

[chorus, then variation on chorus with the excellent couplet:]

Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
Bits of me are scattered in the trees and in the hedges


I shall never forget BP's outrage that some people thought Graham Parker was cooler than Styx.

Comments

[groovesinorbit]

Some people? Anyone with any taste anyway. Although, you know, I've never heard Graham Parker's version of this most excellent song.

crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage

etc.

What brought him to mind? (did you hear he's got a new album due out in June?)

[fflo.livejournal.com]

it was thinking of my climbing out of the post-shelling bombing of my life (in which metaphor h would be, what? a pilot, a bomber, the bombs, or the arch commander of the operation?) in some commenting with vjsmom someplace---i've lost track where. crazy lots of comment chat today, for some reason. and i'm still getting a lot of work done! anyway, the crawling out from rubble reminded me of the song.

i'm sure you can find the graham parker. as you might guess, i didn't know he has a record coming out. i know very little about what's happening now & has happened in the past 10 years that way, let alone what's due in June!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

i meant to say that i always misheard (apparently) "Zoom, bam, fantastic" as "Zoom, bam, bam, fast, yeah" or "Zoom, bam bam fast fast" or something.

[groovesinorbit]

I always thought it was zoom, bam, crash.

[groovesinorbit]

Not sure what h would be in that metaphor. THe arch commander would be my first guess.

I think I'll take a look around the station when I'm in there tomorrow for ol' Graham. I'm broadcasting Democracy Now from 12-1pm. Probably be a little PiJean music beforehand, if you're interested.

[vjsmom.livejournal.com]

He would be outraged about that, wouldn't he? Keep reminding me of all the stuff I don't like about him, please.