Sun Kil Moon - Philadelphia Cop lyrics
[Sun Kil Moon - Philadelphia Cop lyrics]
Walking to my girlfriend's in Telegraph with
A hand full of roses
Stopped through a corner store
On the TV a Philadelphia cop shot by ISIS
30, 000 people murdered in the USA in 2015
And when I go in the
Studio later today we're gonna
Put up a mic and about this I might sing
See I don't give a fuck about things like
Who's the best or the worst on Twitter
And the other social media
Money making scheme turning you into a zombie
Jerking you off, masturbator, procrastinator
While the kids in Silicon
Valley take your money
And say, "Can we get the check, waiter?"
While they bulldoze your favorite
Building in town and
Turn it into a fucking fruit shake maker
You got the brains to be
The next Norman Mailer
You got the longevity to be
The next Elizabeth Taylor
You got the class to be
The next James fucking Spader
You got the swagger to be
The next Stiv fucking Bator
But are you sitting on the toilet staring
At your phone like a perfectly tailored
Made-to-order puppet
I ain't no one's puppet, I ain't no
One's puppet, I ain't no one's puppet
I ain't no one's puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet, I ain't no
One's fucking puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet
Okay, so here I am, back home
I'm gonna read another chapter of this book
Beatlebone
The part so far that's made me the most
Smile is the page that has multiple uses
Uses of the word "wily"
That's me, a wily motherfucker
Come to Massillon and that's what you get
Sucker
Gimme a one out of five, a big fat ten
Give me a two, either way it's all after me
And to all of you I say:
"Oh my god
You're a music journalist! Do you
Get to go to SXSW?"
"yeah, pretty much every year i mean
The magazine I work for sends me out there"
"Oh my god, that sounds like such a blast"
"yeah, it's a lot of fun i mean
It's super hard
To get into VIP-after-show parties
But, I don't know
Maybe if you tag along I might
Be able to get you in"
"Oh my god, you get to meet the bands?"
"Oh, no way i love him so
Do you get to wear laminate?"
"yeah, I mean it makes me
Feel a little self-conscious
But, you know, you sort have to, you know
Get into certain shows"
"Oh my god, that's so cool!"
Let me ask you: do you own your own story
Being pimped the fuck out like
A pay for a hoe if you're a man in charge
Claim you're a staunch feminist
Then give a woman
Your job or shut the fuck up
"Queen Bitch" is a cool David Bowie song
And so is "Rebel Rebel" and "Diamond Dogs"
Can you hear me to talking to you, Major Tom?
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six
Five, four, three, two, one
Should my girl be knocking
When we see each other everything's stopping
Yes who my girl be knocking
When we see each other
Everything'll be stopping
Oh, how I love her oh, how I love her
I'm watching Cocaine Cowboys Part Three
Girlfriend will be here at 7: 00 then
We're gonna go see a movie
Next week, got me a show in LA
Just had a nice dinner at the Elite Cafe
Walk to the movie and decide to skip our plan
Came back, turned on the TV
And watch The Falcon and the Snowman
All the way to the end
Where they're walking side by side
Ankle chains in prison
And we watched a show on the
Mongols with Lisa Ling hosting
Then we watched some shit about Satanists
Taking over Detroit i gotta say
Detroit being taken over by Satanists
Was pretty soft stuff
Now it's 3: 03 AM and
The rain is pouring down
When I wake in the morning all I
Care about is that you're around
Now it's 3: 04 AM and
The rain is pouring down
When you're beside me
That's all I care about
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you
Woke up, went to the studio
Came back and turned on CNN
David Bowie had died
There's a picture of El Chapo
Shaking hands with Sean Penn
Goddamn, like I said
We watched The Falcon and the
Snowman the night before
With Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton
Bowie song played while the falcon soared
This isn't America, oh
This isn't America, oh
I woke up again, went to the studio and I
I tuck myself away
I sang a song in honor of my father
And I sang Roy Harper's "Another Day"
The piano, just like the nylon string guitar
It makes me sleepy
And I find myself in bed early for me
About 11: 30
Bowie's face kept repeating over
And over, and over, and over again
A video of one of my earliest
Heroes laying in a hospital bed
And more and more
Sean Penn shaking hands with El Chapo
That motherfucker killed ten times more
People than Jim Fucking Jones
That motherfucker killed more
People than that plus Waco
That motherfucker killed more people
Than that crazy fuck
Did on the Norwegian island Utøya and Oslo
Go back to the other part now
Go back to the other part now
As I probably took 5: 00 AM, talk to a friend
Who'd met Bowie back in '97
The Bowie's fiftieth birthday celebration
In Madison Square Garden
My first listen was during the summer
Between the second and third grade
I flew to see my grandma and
My stepgrandfather down in LA
I played the song "Young Americans" over and
Over and over on the airplane
The song chugged along like a train
The backup singers wailed
And the saxophone sang
I'm in Room 214, Normandie hotel, Koreatown
Los Angeles
Me and my band played last night
We played David Bowie's "Win"
I think we did it justice
And I talked briefly about
The first time that
I heard his soulful voice on that flight
I was among my friends and my
Fans and I got to sing
It was a really nice night "Young Americans"
"Win" "Fascination"
"Right" "Can You Hear Me"
"Across the Universe" "Fame"
Somebody up there likes me
And he was up on the eleventh floor
Watching the cruisers below
David Bowie was original and that's the part
That spoke to me the most
Ooh, alright ooh
Ooh, alright ooh
Just back from a play starring Rainn Wilson
Thom Pain (Thom Pain)
He pulled it off brilliantly and tomorrow
I'm getting on a plane (getting on a plane)
Now I'm back at home, reading Beatlebone
6: 29 am (6: 29 am)
A work of fiction sorta based on John Lennon
Running from fame (running from fame)
But now I'm at home, stayed up late
Waiting for Deontay Wilder to fight
(Deontay Wilder to fight)
I was so tired from the
Show and the construction
At the hotel that started when it got late
(when it got late)
Now it's 3: 08 PM, January 17th
(January 17th)
It's Muhammad Ali's birthday and I'm gonna
Watch When We Were Kings
(When We Were Kings)
Now it's late, January 19th
Glenn Frey died, so did Lemmy
It happens in threes (it happens in threes)
But more gonna die this year
It's around the corner
You'll see (you'll see)
And I stayed up late that night
Locking night out working like a worker bee
(working like a worker bee)
Then when day, Lord
I watched the Marlon Brando documentary
And it's 4: 36 AM and the rain is pouring
And tomorrow, like always
I'm gonna be recording
And it's 4: 37 AM and the rain is pouring
Tomorrow's gonna be another fantastic voyage
And it's 4: 37 AM and the rain is pouring
And tomorrow's gonna be
Another fantastic voyage
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you
A hand full of roses
Stopped through a corner store
On the TV a Philadelphia cop shot by ISIS
30, 000 people murdered in the USA in 2015
And when I go in the
Studio later today we're gonna
Put up a mic and about this I might sing
See I don't give a fuck about things like
Who's the best or the worst on Twitter
And the other social media
Money making scheme turning you into a zombie
Jerking you off, masturbator, procrastinator
While the kids in Silicon
Valley take your money
And say, "Can we get the check, waiter?"
While they bulldoze your favorite
Building in town and
Turn it into a fucking fruit shake maker
You got the brains to be
The next Norman Mailer
You got the longevity to be
The next Elizabeth Taylor
You got the class to be
The next James fucking Spader
You got the swagger to be
The next Stiv fucking Bator
But are you sitting on the toilet staring
At your phone like a perfectly tailored
Made-to-order puppet
I ain't no one's puppet, I ain't no
One's puppet, I ain't no one's puppet
I ain't no one's puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet, I ain't no
One's fucking puppet
I ain't no one's fucking puppet
Okay, so here I am, back home
I'm gonna read another chapter of this book
Beatlebone
The part so far that's made me the most
Smile is the page that has multiple uses
Uses of the word "wily"
That's me, a wily motherfucker
Come to Massillon and that's what you get
Sucker
Gimme a one out of five, a big fat ten
Give me a two, either way it's all after me
And to all of you I say:
"Oh my god
You're a music journalist! Do you
Get to go to SXSW?"
"yeah, pretty much every year i mean
The magazine I work for sends me out there"
"Oh my god, that sounds like such a blast"
"yeah, it's a lot of fun i mean
It's super hard
To get into VIP-after-show parties
But, I don't know
Maybe if you tag along I might
Be able to get you in"
"Oh my god, you get to meet the bands?"
"Oh, no way i love him so
Do you get to wear laminate?"
"yeah, I mean it makes me
Feel a little self-conscious
But, you know, you sort have to, you know
Get into certain shows"
"Oh my god, that's so cool!"
Let me ask you: do you own your own story
Being pimped the fuck out like
A pay for a hoe if you're a man in charge
Claim you're a staunch feminist
Then give a woman
Your job or shut the fuck up
"Queen Bitch" is a cool David Bowie song
And so is "Rebel Rebel" and "Diamond Dogs"
Can you hear me to talking to you, Major Tom?
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six
Five, four, three, two, one
Should my girl be knocking
When we see each other everything's stopping
Yes who my girl be knocking
When we see each other
Everything'll be stopping
Oh, how I love her oh, how I love her
I'm watching Cocaine Cowboys Part Three
Girlfriend will be here at 7: 00 then
We're gonna go see a movie
Next week, got me a show in LA
Just had a nice dinner at the Elite Cafe
Walk to the movie and decide to skip our plan
Came back, turned on the TV
And watch The Falcon and the Snowman
All the way to the end
Where they're walking side by side
Ankle chains in prison
And we watched a show on the
Mongols with Lisa Ling hosting
Then we watched some shit about Satanists
Taking over Detroit i gotta say
Detroit being taken over by Satanists
Was pretty soft stuff
Now it's 3: 03 AM and
The rain is pouring down
When I wake in the morning all I
Care about is that you're around
Now it's 3: 04 AM and
The rain is pouring down
When you're beside me
That's all I care about
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you
Woke up, went to the studio
Came back and turned on CNN
David Bowie had died
There's a picture of El Chapo
Shaking hands with Sean Penn
Goddamn, like I said
We watched The Falcon and the
Snowman the night before
With Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton
Bowie song played while the falcon soared
This isn't America, oh
This isn't America, oh
I woke up again, went to the studio and I
I tuck myself away
I sang a song in honor of my father
And I sang Roy Harper's "Another Day"
The piano, just like the nylon string guitar
It makes me sleepy
And I find myself in bed early for me
About 11: 30
Bowie's face kept repeating over
And over, and over, and over again
A video of one of my earliest
Heroes laying in a hospital bed
And more and more
Sean Penn shaking hands with El Chapo
That motherfucker killed ten times more
People than Jim Fucking Jones
That motherfucker killed more
People than that plus Waco
That motherfucker killed more people
Than that crazy fuck
Did on the Norwegian island Utøya and Oslo
Go back to the other part now
Go back to the other part now
As I probably took 5: 00 AM, talk to a friend
Who'd met Bowie back in '97
The Bowie's fiftieth birthday celebration
In Madison Square Garden
My first listen was during the summer
Between the second and third grade
I flew to see my grandma and
My stepgrandfather down in LA
I played the song "Young Americans" over and
Over and over on the airplane
The song chugged along like a train
The backup singers wailed
And the saxophone sang
I'm in Room 214, Normandie hotel, Koreatown
Los Angeles
Me and my band played last night
We played David Bowie's "Win"
I think we did it justice
And I talked briefly about
The first time that
I heard his soulful voice on that flight
I was among my friends and my
Fans and I got to sing
It was a really nice night "Young Americans"
"Win" "Fascination"
"Right" "Can You Hear Me"
"Across the Universe" "Fame"
Somebody up there likes me
And he was up on the eleventh floor
Watching the cruisers below
David Bowie was original and that's the part
That spoke to me the most
Ooh, alright ooh
Ooh, alright ooh
Just back from a play starring Rainn Wilson
Thom Pain (Thom Pain)
He pulled it off brilliantly and tomorrow
I'm getting on a plane (getting on a plane)
Now I'm back at home, reading Beatlebone
6: 29 am (6: 29 am)
A work of fiction sorta based on John Lennon
Running from fame (running from fame)
But now I'm at home, stayed up late
Waiting for Deontay Wilder to fight
(Deontay Wilder to fight)
I was so tired from the
Show and the construction
At the hotel that started when it got late
(when it got late)
Now it's 3: 08 PM, January 17th
(January 17th)
It's Muhammad Ali's birthday and I'm gonna
Watch When We Were Kings
(When We Were Kings)
Now it's late, January 19th
Glenn Frey died, so did Lemmy
It happens in threes (it happens in threes)
But more gonna die this year
It's around the corner
You'll see (you'll see)
And I stayed up late that night
Locking night out working like a worker bee
(working like a worker bee)
Then when day, Lord
I watched the Marlon Brando documentary
And it's 4: 36 AM and the rain is pouring
And tomorrow, like always
I'm gonna be recording
And it's 4: 37 AM and the rain is pouring
Tomorrow's gonna be another fantastic voyage
And it's 4: 37 AM and the rain is pouring
And tomorrow's gonna be
Another fantastic voyage
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you
Oh, how I love you oh, how I love you