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You in the Gutter and Me

from Bedroom Music by Mother McKenzie

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Wyatt- Vocals, guitar

Andrew Yeghiazarian- Guitars

Jonathan Realmuto- Drums

Leonardo Banchik- Bass

lyrics

So you hitched your way back home
From the gutters of Salt Lake City
A shivering clump of skin and bone
Like the body of Christ when I reached out to hold you

And how I wanted to lie down in the shadows and watch the world poor
Like streams of rainwater trailing down into the sewer

So we got high and sat up in the mountains
Under bright stars and heard the crickets chirping
And you told me sad tails of sleeping in your car
And pitching tents in the bathrooms of abandoned buildings

And I dreamed of you wrapped up in blankets made of cardboard and snow
Sighing and trembling; lips turning blue

You cried “I am human, I exist
And I puke and I piss
And I still call my lost lovers name
From the bed where we first kissed
And I fall down and bleed
I beg and I plead”

And I tried to offer up my sympathy
With squinted eyes and lifted hands
But those drugs kept on racing through my body
And your voice I could hardly understand

My heart turned to static; my vision blurred
The whole world was a rain cloud; just a warm fuzzy war

I cried “I am human, I mainly think about me
For I am animalistic and I am greedy
And I’d rather bury my head in the clouds
Than help a dear friend in need
We could’ve lived our lives so brave
Why do we live so afraid?”

I saw the sun peaking out its head,
I watched streams of butter melt over the valley
And we stumbled back to my car
And I dropped you off in some cold lonesome alley

Where you found a cozy little dumpster and threw yourself in
I watched you wave as my wheels rolled away, goodbye old friend

We are merely human, we exist
To see a shooting star and make a wish
To go home, to take off all our clothes
Look at our bodies in the mirror
And long for things we’ll never have

Wyatt- Vocals, guitar

Andrew Yeghiazarian- Guitars

Jonathan Realmuto- Drums

Leonardo Banchik- Bass

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from Bedroom Music, released May 4, 2010
Produced by Ronald Corso and Wyatt McKenzie for National SouthWestern Electronic Recordings

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