I am going to see The Weakerthans tonight. I was going through their new album which I don’t know so well and was entranced by this simple yet devastating little tune called Bigfoot. Enjoy this live version and the lyrics and I promise I will enjoy them as well this evening.
Bigfoot
I changed the oils and oiled the squeaks,
Patched the holes and fluid leaks,
Left dusk beneath a diabetic moon
And way to take the TV crews across the creaking ice
The news is howling to the timber wolves and soon
I’ll go through it all again
Watch their doubtful smiles begin
But the visions that I see believe in me
So praise the things I can’t forget with burgers and a silhouette
On t-shirts at the council general store
I’ll listen to the south winds sigh with rumors and regrets
And I don’t want to talk about it anymore
I’ll go through it all again
watch their doubtful smiles begin
When the visions that I see believe in me
Or the visions that I see that will believe me.
Lovely New Order reference. Feeling betrayed by words you’ve never heard?