Sun Kil Moon - Little Rascals lyrics

Sitting on the wings of a 747 airplane
Just back from Newtown Connecticut
Cincinnati and Champaign
And it was nice hanging out in those
Cities with some of my friends
To get up on stage and
Play beautiful music with them

Now I'm looking out the window
At where Robin Williams died
Passed him once in a car on Thanksgiving day
Was with my girlfriend at the time
Who sadly passed away just
Before she turned 35
That's when I learned the world's unfair
And that things aren't always right
It fucked me up
And for weeks I couldn't get out of bed
The world don't owe us shit
I learned that real fucking young
And I learned it again
Had to make the best of every day
And every moment while you can
Seize the beauty in life
Cause baby you don't know when it's gonna end

When I'm feeling overwhelmed and things
Are stacking up in mind
Her picture's always near me
And I look at it every day of my life
Think about what she would have given
To live just another year
To see her baby turn one
And when I think about it i swallow my tears

Had lunch the other day with
My drummer friend named Steve
We talked about music and traveling
And he's always good to see
When you're my friend
I got your back for life
Try to hurt anyone I care about
I might slice you up real nice

I'm housesitting a 14-year-old cat named Pete
My girlfriend's friend is off in Spain
And she left him with me
And he lays on my bed and
We gaze into each other's eyes
And I fall into that kitty cat spell
All hypnotized

The winding road to Stinson
The longest stretch of ocean
I feel you in the distance and
I feel so alone tonight
The roads through San Geronimo and Inverness
I hear Neil Young's Harvest and Harvest Moon
Those was your favourites
I can't gaze over to the right at Tamales Bay
Without thinking of you in the driver's seat
Those young 20-something days

I shared the stage the other
Night with my friend Will
We sang "Mother's Love" together
And it was beautiful
He's got a mind of his own
And he's smart as fuck
He's his own man, he's in control of his life
And I respect that much

He's on his way to
Play a maximum-security prison
And I'm on my way to LA
To play the Henry Fonda Theatre
To join up once again and play
Nice music with my friends
Music's a powerful thing
Whether played in a theater or a state pen

Just back home and I had had a wonderful time
Felt love from the crowd and I'm
Pretty sure they felt mine
Saw my friends Ian and Claire and Mitch and
Patrick and I gave them all hugs
There was a message from Will saying he
Was still reeling from "Mother's Love"

My mom's visiting on Sunday
With her boyfriend
She's gonna beat my ass in
Scrabble over and over again
My whole family's in denial
About a sick relative
Just keep working really hard and try
Not to think about it

The summer rains of Ohio
The gutter flooded over my little feet
And I watched the water flow
The winter snows of Ohio, I'd stay inside and
Watch Little Rascals because I
Hated the cold, i hated it so
When I came outside my neighbors would
Ring my mother and tell her
That the sight of me was
The first sign of Spring
Just back from Austin, Texas Chicago
Illinois and Winnipeg and Duluth
Where I saw my friends Alan and Mim
And we played "I Got You Babe"
And we sang songs about oxen, baby Jesus
Shepherds and hay
And I remembered when I was a
Kid in Ohio on Christmas Day

One time I got a guitar and that
Was the start of my life
My dad always got us just one gift
And I still carry around
That shiny fishing knife
Sitting on the wings of a United Airline
Just back from Lincoln, Salt
Lake City and Orlando
Where I had a good time

Did that one alone with a guitar
And a snare and a tom
I brought a volunteer up to play drums
She said that her day job was a mom

Just back from the doctor where
I weighed in at 203 just turned 48 baby
Gotta admit it kinda concerns me
So I'm trying to eat better
Walk a few more miles and exercise more
Gotta say I love good food
And watching my diet and no
Carbs is a fucking bore

It's the first week of February, 1: 28 AM
It was 12 years ago on this San
Francisco night that I lost my friend
There ain't a day that goes by I
Don't pause and think about her
I'm getting older baby
But I try to count my blessings
It's a beautiful world