We finally make it to the great year of 1966 when Knees goes on the road with a C&W band to Greeley CO and then rides the Greyhound to Hollywood to make his fortune -- and get stoned. He lasted about a month in paradise then scuttled back to Farmington and the inevitable draft.
Written: Gilmore Street,
North Hollywood CA, 1966
Knees was staying with
Barry D. and his band buddy Norm in North Hollywood when they put this
song together. Norm wrote the chorus and they used to sing it in three-part
harmony in the bathroom (for the reverb) after toking up in the closet. Knees was quite proud of his many psychedelic
references and the backwards guitar solo, which was recorded in 1993.
I met you on a ship
Cosmic laughter made
you trip
An excuse a seasoned
witch never buys
Thought a girl like you
would know,
Lyin’s very proud to
show
That it’s visible to
turned on acid eyes.
You filtered out my
soul
Left no directions how
to hold
Perception’s golden
revolving doors
I’m offering all I
touch
On the altar of too
much
The high priestess says
she wants much more.
Weave a tapestry of
truth
Teaching love to keep
its youth
Forgetting all the
paths of its frustrations.
Blind man saw me today,
Took a look an walked
away
I got a feelin you’re
tearin down my mind
You got me breathin
cellophane,
Watchin shadows made of
rain
You want me seein words
that say I’m blind.
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