paroles de chanson The Banjo Song - Mark Kozelek
This
is
my
banjo
song
for
when
the
night,
it
is
long
This
is
my
banjo
song
for
when
my
heart
is
longing
for
you
These
are
my
bedside
books
for
when
I
cannot
sleep
Sing
a
sad
song
for
me,
Hotel
3 and
John
Connelly's
He
Here
are
my
comfort
films
for
when
my
eyes
get
to
tired
to
read
Coming
to
America,
Apocalypse
Now,
Goodfellas,
Casino
Jaws,
Trading
Places,
The
Shining,
and
Benji
This
is
my
collection
of
old
clocks,
their
presence
comforts
me
I
collected
them
from
all
around
the
world,
their
styles
vary
Grandfather
clocks
to
mantle
clocks
To
alarm
clocks
to
banjo-style
clocks
My
favorite
is
the
pastel
blue
banjo
clock
that
I
bought
in
Tennessee
This
is
my
banjo
song,
there
is
nothing
wrong
with
having
a
banjo
song
To
comfort
you
when
everything
is
feeling
all
wrong
I
was
walking
down
Canal
Street
minding
my
own
When
a
derelict
kid
walked
by
me
And
said,
"You
should
try
smiling
more"
The
town
was
so
ghost
town-y
and
hardly
anybody
was
out
I
went
to
Mother's,
there
was
no
line
Because
New
Year's
was
over
and
the
tourists
had
left
town
And
I
stopped
by
Starbucks
and
asked
A
girl
in
front
of
me
ordering
a
latte
Why
do
you
think
it's
so
quiet
out?
She
said,
"I
think
it's
because
of
the
Saints
game"
I
said,
"I
don't
follow
football"
and
she
said,
"Yeah,
I'm
the
same"
And
those
were
my
social
interactions
of
the
day
And
then
from
my
peaceful
living
room
I
looked
out
the
Garden
District
View
and
listened
to
this
piece
of
music
Thinking,
"Does
this
next
part
need
words,
too?"
I
don't
understand
the
game
of
Football
but
they
keep
showing
peoples'
faces
On
the
news
with
expressions
that
look
like
they
just
found
out
A
nuclear
missile
had
been
launched
And
the
world's
going
to
be
annihilated
Or
their
puppy
just
got
hit
by
a
car
Or
they
came
home
to
their
houses
up
in
flame
But
all
that
happened
was
the
Saints
lost
a
game
I
know
it's
a
shame,
I
know
it's
a
shame,
I
know
it's
a
shame
But
New
Orleans
has
so
much
to
be
proud
of,
I
have
to
say
Louie
Armstrong,
Fats
Domino,
and
the
chicory
coffee
and
beignets
And
the
Hotel
Monteleone
and
Lake
Pontchartrain
And
Aaron
Neville
and
Kermit
Ruffins
and
gumbo
and
crawfish
étoufée
And
Phil
Anselmo
and
Lil
Wayne
This
is
my
banjo
song,
though
there's
no
banjo
in
this
song
at
all
In
fact,
the
guitar
in
this
song
is
A
nylon-string
guitar
made
by
Yamaha
The
days
leading
up
to
Christmas
were
very
surreal
for
me
I
was
in
Buffalo
and
I
remember
playing
a
show
there
once
And
going
through
to
see
Niagara
Falls
a
few
times
when
I
was
a
kid
I
hadn't
spent
that
much
time
in
Buffalo
And
to
me,
Buffalo
was
an
interesting
mix
And
maybe
Cleveland
and
maybe
Toronto,
which
would
make
sense
I
think
that
Buffalo
is
somewhere
between
Toronto
and
Cleveland,
Ohio
And
there
are
black
people
there
like
In
Cleveland
and
that
makes
me
comfortable
Not
like
in
Missoula,
Montana
where
it's
just
white
As
a
Jimmy
Stewart
Christmas
movie
And
the
houses
and
the
neighborhoods
have
a
cozy
glow
And
some
have
crystal-shaped
windows
And
the
cars
along
the
roads
are
covered
in
snow
And
I
jumped
up
on
a
gate
that
I
saw
in
an
alley
Near
the
studio
where
I
was
working
And
I
was
taking
a
photo,
A
very
Christmas-y
view
of
an
apartment
building
A
guy
pulled
up
slow
in
an
SUV
And
rolled
his
passenger
seat
window
down
And
said,
"Sir,
can
I
help
you
with
anything?"
I
said,
"Thank
you
but
I'm
just
taking
photos
For
a
friend
who
has
never
seen
snow"
He
said,
"Yeah,
how's
that?"
I
said,
"Well,
she
doesn't
travel
a
lot
and
she
lives
in
San
Francisco"
He
said,
"Well,
what
are
you
doing
here
in
Buffalo?"
I
said,
"Well,
I'm
working
across
the
street
at
the
Goo
Goo
Dolls'
studio"
He
said,
"Ah
yeah,
the
Goo
Goo
Dolls'
studio
I
did
some
renovation
work
in
there
years
ago"
I
said,
"Yeah,
it's
really
kept
up
really
nice,
it's
totally
beautiful"
He
said,
"You
really
got
to
try
such-and-such-place,
They
got
the
best
Buffalo
wings"
I
said,
"I
leave
tomorrow
And
my
clothes
already
smell
like
Buffalo
wings
But
I
appreciate
the
suggestion,
But
my
stomach
is
Buffalo
winged
out
But
I'll
be
sure
to
try
the
place
you
mentioned
next
time
I'm
in
town"
I
jumped
down
from
the
gate
and
I
said
"Sir,
I
gotta
go,
Buffalo's
really
nice
and
I
enjoyed
this
pleasantry
But
where
I'm
heading
tomorrow
You'd
never
pull
up
slow
on
someone
like
you
just
did
In
an
SUV
in
an
alley
And
roll
down
your
window
and
talk
to
a
stranger
When
someone
is
doing
something
fairly
suspicious
looking"
He
said,
"Yeah,
why
is
that?"
I
said,
"Because
some
people
aren't
so
nice
in
this
world
And
where
I'm
going,
you
can
end
up
with
a
bullet
in
your
neck"
He
looked
at
me
startled
and
I
could
tell
he
thought
"Jesus,
that
conversation
was
nice,
I
didn't
expect
it
to
end
like
that"
Then
I
put
my
camera
in
my
pocket
and
I
walked
carefully
across
the
icy
street
Before
I
left,
Nathan
got
a
stomach
bug
That
knocked
him
on
his
ass
He's
the
most
resilient
person
I've
ever
met
And
I've
never
seen
him
that
sick
He
said,
"Mark,
I
don't
know
what's
wrong
with
me,
I've
never
felt
this
sick
before"
And
he
was
clenching
his
ribs
I
said,
"Well
let's
get
the
fuck
out
of
here
then,
I'm
too
feeling
like
complete
shit"
My
back
is
killing
me
And
I've
slept
maybe
three
hours
a
night
for
the
last
week
It's
December
22nd,
it's
midnight
So
let's
give
ourselves
a
break
Nathan's
kids'
birthday
is
soon,
December
24th
Our
friend
Aaron's
birthday
is
also
soon,
December
24th
And
I
love
it
when
friends'
birthdays
fall
on
holidays
Because
it
makes
it
so
easy
to
remember
them
Carol
and
I
went
to
Ponchatoula
today,
antique
shopping
I
loved
looking
at
the
swamps
between
New
Orleans
and
Ponchatoula
But
sometimes
I
think
about
how
bad
it
would
suck
To
live
in
the
swamps
if
you
were
an
abused
kid
Just
stuck
there
in
the
swamps
Not
knowing
there's
other
things
out
there
in
the
planet
I'm
not
trying
to
suggest
that
kids
Growing
up
in
the
swamps
are
abused
I'm
just
saying
the
thought
crossed
my
mind
Dark
thoughts
cross
everybody's
minds
Depending
on
their
life
experiences
I
mean
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
about
Ponchatoula
and
its
reputation
The
first
season
of
True
Detective
is
based
on
Things
that
happened
there,
if
I'm
not
mistaken
There's
a
town
between
New
Orleans
and
Ponchatoula
called
Manchac
There's
a
house
you
see
there
From
the
bridge
that
crosses
over
the
water
That
makes
me
think
of
the
dueling
banjos
scene
in
Deliverance
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