Musicians
Doug Cowan words, vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion
Greg Bjork mandolin, Tom Kubasik bass, Bob Hoffman drums
Lyrics
Mighty Joe Meek
Mighty Joe Meek
Turns the handle
Dimes the machine
Holds a candle
Mr. Misunderstood
What were you thinking of?
Yawning through years
Hit after no hit
Crowding your ears
With pity’s secret
That they don’t get me
And I don’t get love.
Ahead of his time
He’s London’s behind
He’s London…
Hooked his dim star
To tinny Telstar
Only took him so far
Taps the tempo
Box of gravel
In sulky echo
Rhythm unravels
So they don’t get me
And I don’t get love
Just take what they give
The love that you missed
The love that…
Keep the tape running
Can we take it again?
Else I’ll never be a has-been
Mighty Joe Meek
Half step to heaven
Out on his own feet
Tripped by a demon
Who says “they don’t get you.
And you don’t get love.”
Picking a Fight
Picking a fight at a funeral
Starting a war on my own
A square bullet in my Sunday suit
Tryin’ to wipe the smile off of skin and bone
The hammock holds you in your wedding gown
Staring at a clown car of clouds
I’m on a seesaw, always up and down
And you’re on the other side if the sun
Wasting time before you’re gone
Picking a fight on the tip of your tongue
But you’re on the other side of the sun
Wasting time before too long
Wasting time before you’re gone
Wasting time before you’re gone
You’re on the other side of the sun
Wasting time before too long
Fishing Pole of the Drowned Man
In the quiet
Of the castaway
As luck had it
Feet stuck in clay
Stillwater wraps ‘round my waste
No heroics, please
It’s just one of those days
The left out letter
In your hand
Is the fishing pole
Of the drowned man
And the best kept secret
Is the best laid plan
Like the fishing pole
Of the drowned man
Lures
Halo my hat
In falsetto
Cry out Falstaff
And if only
I’d left her with a map
She coulda found me here
Before the bottom had
The left out letter
In your hand
Is the fishing pole
Of the drowned man
And the best kept secret
Is the best laid plan
Like the fishing pole
Of the drowned man