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Friendly Ghost

from Looking for my Zero by Kris Brown

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In the city that I live in
there's a kind of blues that no one talks about
some say the funny smell on the new moon
is a crematorium nut i have my doubts

the buses don't get cleaner when it rains
at night i like to hear the squealing trains
the pizza ain't as good as in new york
and i can't eat the chili with a fork
the art museum is high upon the hill
and the broke folk at the bottom ain't seen it still

me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
a friendly ghost in a town that's a pretty good host

in the city that i live in
the pretty girls all smile but they don't look me in the eye
there's a discount movie on Tuesday
but there really ain't much live music in july

the sports fans cry to tvs in the bars
folks don't seem to drive fast in their cars
you can't get a haircut on a sunday
the criminals don't know how much their guns weigh
liberty is repaved every third year
and the dream of a beach sunset is just a grey smear

me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
a friendly ghost in a town that's a pretty good host

in the city that i live in
there's a kind of blues that no one talks about
some say it's not such a good idea to swim in the creek
but there's probably still a good chance to get a ticket for the weekend

the christmas isn't white the river's brown
the gravediggers never sport a frown
the soap factory employs over half the town
the poetg and the preachers got to prance around like clowns
the mimes have to speak up or step down
and everyone's too square to buy another round

me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
me i'm just like you
a friendly ghost in a town that's a pretty good host

credits

from Looking for my Zero, released September 21, 2013
Kris Brown - vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark "Gumby" Williams - haunting cello
Ed Miles - fingersnaps of sheer love, drums

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Kris Brown Austin, Texas

For years Kris Brown’s music traveled the astral plane of American musical styles, drawing inspiration from John Hurt to Sun Ra. In recent years, his musical personalities have coalesced into a unified opium-like haze of swampy folkadelica. Whitey on the Moon, Kris’s trio, specializes in the quieter part of the spectrum and seeks a freer approach to accompaniment. ... more

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