Leavenworth Cafe Blues

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Simon Joyner

Simon Joyner (born 1971) is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Considered by some[citation needed] to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene[citation needed], he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes. Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats, and Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air. Joyner is named after Paul Simon. more »

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The Leavenworth Cafe Blues

I couldn’t get an edge in word-wise again
suffered through your arguments, left the apartment
Complex is sex, so the surgeon general says
Cancer causes cigarettes
I must have been delirious

because I knocked the door off the hinges
walked to the Walgreens, bought a pack of bandages
for cumulative damages
A broken string for each heart pang
I’ll sing ‘til I resolve this thing
Mysterious rugburns and curious bruises
commiserations and subterfuge

Liar, liar, pants on fire
go hang on a telephone wire
and while you’re there, kiss a bear
Just don’t forget your underwear
and don’t forget your stockings, too,
your perverse bra and your Converse shoes
because what I don’t know can’t hurt you, I see
but what I do know could ruin me

I heard about your rock star
He unwrapped you like a candy bar
I hope you got a free t-shirt, at least,
before he crescendoed on my sheets
After you crawled over him
with your furious foam and phlegm
and your tongue-in-cheek, whiz gee 
I guess an electric guitar is all you need
Have you got an electric guitar for me?

You’re so full of shit I’m surprised
there’s any blue left in your eyes
I suffered through all of your excuses
now I just want to fry in my own juices
It’s sixty-five degrees under one-fourth lightning
and one-fourth thunder and one-quarter rain
on my parade and a quarter for my refill
at The Leavenworth Cafe

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