I can’t remember what I did yesterday
I know it’s 7 hours ago but it feels a hunderd miles away
I try to live in between all my daily routines
If society was a movie I’d be living in deleted scenes
It doesn’t kill me and it doesn’t make me stronger
I wake up at 4 pm each day and wanna stay in longer
And that’s wrong to some but to me it feels alright
‘Cos nothing makes me happier than staying up all night
Drinking beer, drinking wine, playing Waits, feeling fine
Crawling into bed when all the others rise to shine
I wonder if they ever wonder what it is I do
To them I’m just the quiet guy who lives on 62
Who doesn’t seem to have a job ‘cos he’s always at home
No wife or kids or anyone, he’s always there alone
But hey I gotta go, dawn is here, it’s getting late
I never wait for sunshine, I might just evaporate
Leave me in the morning
Take me home at night
I’m a man with many reasons
To run away from all the light
Woke up this afternoon, another day another curse
But here I’m back at 4 am to do the second verse
So people think I’m unemployed but that just isn’t right
I’m a nightporter in a hotel, I also like to write
The slower pace, the darker days, it feels like no return
When I go outside on sunny days my eyes can’t help but burn
By the time I reach the supermarket I’m less alive than dead
And the people stare like I have got a pumpkin for a head
I take a sixer and a pizza, some more coffee just in case
I know I needed more but shit, my memory’s a maze
I barely make it to the register suddenly there’s a flash
Guess I am not really awake yet, I forgot to bring my cash
Well to me this pretty much is the only way to live this life
I mean I never see myself go back to working 9-to-5
And I know some other people, I’d almost call ‘em friends
On the internet you see, time is of no relevance
OK I know the nightlife brings a paleness to the face
It’s the price of living out-of-sync with-the-human race
And I’m the last to leave a party ‘cos I’m the last one awake
You’ll often find me waiting outside for the first bus to take
Oh sometimes it isn’t easy, sometimes it kinda blows
Everything is closed, there’s no decent tv shows
But there’s a guitar, there’s a book, there is music and there’s wine
There’s a Marlon Brando movie, there is some peace of mind
I think that’s what I like most about living like I do
I wish I had the freakin’ energy to explain it all to you
Well, before I go a final thought, I think it’s safe to say
I’m just not compatible with the world of today
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