Jesu, Sun Kil Moon - Last Night I Rocked the Room Like Elvis and Had Them Laughing Like Richard Pryor lyrics

It's June 13, 2015 and I'm jetlagged as hell
Just walked in the door
Opened my mail and there's
Something from Yael
The guy from Biffy Clyro says I'm one
Of the greatest songwriters in the world
And here's some funny rant from
Some stalker hater girl
And a letter of love and kindness and
Affection from a fan in Singapore
Ah, what can you do? Some
People love, some people hate
Some of us walk tall and proud and some of us
Slither around in the dirt
Like litte garden snakes
(Like little garden snakes)
Nature is cruel, look at the way
The vines curl and choke the
Life out of trees

Nature is beautiful, go out on
Your your front porch
Smell the pines and feel the afternoon breeze
(The afternoon breeze)
It's June 13, just like it was 3 years ago
When, I put words down to some music
Written by the musical genius Jimmy Lavalle
And my friend Tim had just died and everyone
Was goin' through hell
But now there's a brand new June 13 and I
Gotta say that things are going pretty well

Todays my sister's birthday and
I'm gonna call
Her and I know she'll be please, d
But, I tired to call her
But she's not answering
I just keep tryin' and she's not answering
Ah there she is, my beautiful sister and one
Of my best friends
She wants a copy of my new CD
I'm gonna send it to her on monday and I'm
Gonna surprise her with a rather large check

Now I'm off to Telegraph Hill
I need to walk to get back
Into the right time schedule
I walked through the North
Beach fair, still dizzy
I felt like I was in some strange music video
I went to Molinari's on Colombus
And got the joe's Special
That was Katy's favorite
I always get that one in memory of her

Oh it's coming up on my 48th summer
A few nights ago I rocked the room like Elvis
Presley and had them laughin'
Like richard Pryor
And me and Steve went and saw the film
Youth on our day off in Milan
And Pitchfork gave me a 6 that
Day and I said "man
What took them so long?"
And me and Steve laughed and we had
Some salad and some red mullet, carpaccio
And I hugged him goodnight and the
Next morning I flew home to
Beautiful San Fransico

Oh it's coming up 48th summer
And I'm feeling pretty good and
My girlfriend will be here
At 7 for dinner and oh my godI love her
And her cat Leona she's a huge
Ball of fluff and I
Could squish her to death
Her face is so fucking cute
I swear to god i can't even stand it

And this friday night I'll
Be singing the 100th
Anniversary of the Civic Center in San
Franciso with Chuck Prophet and
Penelope Houstin and
Stephanie Finch and The Kingstom Trio
And Jello Biafra
And for the fuck of it I'm gonna
Read this nice letter from this
Singapore fan
He's now the co-writer of this song
His name is victor and he's gonna get
A song writers share, 25%

Dear Mark
Thank you for the amazing gig you played
In Melbourne in March of this year
I flew from Singapore to see you and I don't
Know if you remember but we met outside
I was weraing a Parl Jam t-shirt
And you said it was cool for me
You and Eddie are the best two
Vocalists and songwriters of our age
Thank you for allowing us to all move to the
Front of the hall when you came onstage
Somehow the internet gave me a
Back row seat but after
You let us move I was right down the front
I love the new record and the way you
Are getting more personal each
And every album
I think it's one for the fans, for the people
That have listened to you for twenty years
Not for the hipsters who only
Like you because of Benji

I bought my family members in London four
Tickets for the Barbican gig this week
Wanting to get as many people I know
To hear you and share your music
The main reason I'm writing is because of
The negative press from the gig
English press are ridiculous just trying to
Get any controversial story they can
Anyone who knows you will
Know you're respectful and
They don't get your sense of humor
Don't let it get you down
Your real fans will always b here for you
Please keep making the music and touring the
Tours, take it easy and yes please
Do come back to Singapore

Smiley face, all the best Victor