Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The morning after


So this is the new year.

And i don't feel any different.

The clanking of crystal

Explosions off in the distance.


So this is the new year

And I have no resolutions

For self assigned penance

For problems with easy solutions


So everybody put your best suit or dress on

Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once

Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn

As thirty dialogs bleed into one

I wish the world was flat like the old days

Then i could travel just by folding a map

No more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways

There'd be no distance that could hold us back.

6 comments:

Bud said...

Didn't you post those same lyrics last year? :) I think your resolution should be to not do duplicate posts. :)

(Not to belittle your new-year's angst; I think it's legitimate.)

Rybear said...

To use the parlance of our times.... "pwnd".

Even with all the smiley faces.

Strand said...

i think we all need to be reminded of death cab lyrics from time to time. i need to find the one about how much LA sucks . . .

Anonymous said...

I like the one about the "glove compartment" being "inaccurately named". I agree - In may car it would definitely be called "Small compartment overflowing with TACO BELL mild sauce packets."
Why do I always say "yes, mild please" when they ask "do you need any sauce?" I know deep down that I have too many but i just can't say NO!!!

~pammy

Elaine said...

HA HA! Oh Pammy, I love that you're my sister.
My glove compartment is boring.
By the way... what is the freezing temperature of Taco Bell sauce anyway? Ever had any issues up in icy AK?

Jeff Eckmann said...

Yeah yeah....I didn't realize it. I just feel the same every year. Maybe I should have put up the lyrics of Tommarrow I'll Be You by Thursday for you ungrateful bastards. And for the Steve the song you seek is in another castle... ("Why You'd Want To Live Here" off the album "The Photo Album")
I started my masters classes so I'll try to get a new post up in the next couple days so hold tight london.