August 30, 2014

shelterfromthenorm:

“Here Today, Gone Tomorrow” by Dada

Twenty-two miles out of Pasadena
I picked up a hiker named Tina
Now oe’ve only been here
A couple of weeks
Soakin up the sun, the drugs
And the freaks
We hit it off
So we moved in together
Got a cat named Ringo
And it purred like leather
We robbed a bank in
Santa Monica
Bought a Caddy and a
Gold harmonica
We’d ride by day
We’d play by night
We’re makin’ love every night

I heard a random adult-alternative song in a public place the other day, and used the wonderful Shazam app to figure out what it was. It turned out to be  “Lullaby” by Shawn Mullins, which is apparently some late 90s waning-years-of-alt-rock single that I just somehow never heard until now. Anyway, the reason I bring it up is because as I was listening, all I could think was “this sounds like someone trying to do a watered-down version of ‘Here Today, Gone Tomorrow’ by Dada.” But I figured no one other than me even remembered that song. I’m glad to be wrong about that.

(Source: Spotify, via shelterfromthenorm)