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I was running
From imaginary vampire bats
I was shrieking at the moon
While Montezuma laughed
Oh, Aztlan blues
And reds and greens and golds
I hope that I die
When I'm 100 years old
Looking like a New Yorker cartoon
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
I was making love
To my sister from another life
I was stitching the seams of my open dreams
With a needle from a camel's eye
If I could give myself some advice
I'd go out of my mind right now
I'd stay here with my baby
Forever in the here and now
Looking like a New Yorker cartoon
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
I was returning my salute
To the lieutenant paper bag
And my best friend, Farmer Dave
Lit me up so I could take a drag
My sister's former flame
Threw his shirt into the fire
An ancient child prodigy
A genius who inspires
Looking like a New Yorker cartoon
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
With you
With you
From imaginary vampire bats
I was shrieking at the moon
While Montezuma laughed
And reds and greens and golds
I hope that I die
When I'm 100 years old
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
To my sister from another life
I was stitching the seams of my open dreams
With a needle from a camel's eye
I'd go out of my mind right now
I'd stay here with my baby
Forever in the here and now
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
To the lieutenant paper bag
And my best friend, Farmer Dave
Lit me up so I could take a drag
Threw his shirt into the fire
An ancient child prodigy
A genius who inspires
Sleeping in a golden cocoon
With you
With you
With you
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Submitted by
kzag83 On Aug 27, 2010
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Oh, AZTLAN blues And reds and greens and golds I hope that I die When I'm 100 years old
I was making love To my sister from another life I was stitching seams of my OPEN dreams With a needle from a camel's eye
I was returning my SALUTE To the LIEUTENANT paper bag And my best friend, Farmer Dave Lit me up so I could take a drag
My sister's formed with flame Threw his shirt into the fire An ancient child prodigy A genius who inspirED
Very very cool song. I read somewhere that John said this song is about an actual night where a bunch of people on the tour took Psychedelics and a lot of imagery in the song was inspired by that.. He said that someone actually threw their shirt into the fire. Very cool imagery here, I guess that is where all these Aztec inspired colors and "Paper Bag Lieutenants" and "Imaginary vampire bats" come from. Also, for those who don't know a lot about who J and J tour with, "Farmer Dave" Scher is a good friend and band member who tours with Jenny (and John tours with her so there are connections there) John said that night everything turned all cartoon-y and slow moving, so this song i'd like to think mirrors that with its repetitiveness as well as the imagery.
My sister's formER flame
I was stitching seams of my opium dreams