Track Number 8-Sun Kil Moon

[ti:Track Number 8] [ar:Sun Kil Moon] [al:Among The Leaves] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Track Number 8 - Sun Kil Moon [00:09.32]I cross the highways like I did as a child [00:14.15] [00:15.82]On my way to the movies I pet cats and smiled [00:20.38] [00:22.89]I walked the back alleys their John Steinbeck calm [00:27.25] [00:29.97]Fig trees lemon trees tall shady palms [00:33.90] [00:36.79]Big empty churches old antique stores [00:40.52] [00:43.36]Peeling Victorians they used to house whores [00:47.70] [00:49.97]I take the back streets back to my days [00:53.96] [00:56.83]And look up at skies as I did as a kid [01:00.22] [01:02.94]My bedroom window I'd look out and dream [01:07.47] [01:09.96]Of a life close to what I'm living [01:13.90] [01:16.67]A traveling singer who plays good guitar [01:20.04] [01:23.33]At outdoor festivals theaters and bars [01:28.11] [01:29.66]And I got a nice girl she's beautiful too [01:33.41] [01:36.46]Were destined to be this I know to be true [01:39.95] [01:43.29]Sure there were others but nothing this nice [01:47.65] [01:49.99]She set the bait and I took the bite [01:54.25] [01:56.43]The streets of Martinez I love them so [02:00.14]I walk around thinking the sun always glows [02:03.85]The cats of Martinez I love them so [02:07.48]I feed them at night they run off and go [02:11.61]Four kitty cats gave them their names [02:17.10] [02:18.68]Monster Fluff Half Fluff No Fluff and Samhain [02:24.15] [02:25.34]Their the highlights of my song writing days [02:29.56] [02:31.75]They're happy to see me we sit and we play [02:37.22] [02:38.77]These are some words I wrote down last night [02:42.68] [02:45.17]I've beaten them to death and I can't get them right [02:49.14] [02:52.08]Song writings lonely song writing hurts [02:56.53] [02:58.23]A relentless itching a bed bug curse [03:02.55] [03:05.32]Songwriting costs it doesn't come free [03:09.44] [03:11.88]Ask Elliot Smith ask Richie Lee [03:15.62] [03:18.50]Ask Mark Linkous ask Shannon Hoon [03:22.22] [03:25.03]To get up on stage and sing you a tune [03:29.22] [03:31.55]This business is troubling a big nagging cyst [03:35.46] [03:38.11]You get on this plane i'll sit at your desk [03:42.53] [03:44.98]And i'll leave at 8 and be home by 5 [03:48.84] [03:51.81]Call me from Warsaw if you have time [03:55.77] [03:58.38]Ever wonder why there aren't more [04:02.63] [04:04.38]Then 10 songs on most albums cause it's a chore [04:08.75] [04:11.39]To write half a dozen some guys laid back [04:15.32] [04:18.06]And rest on their lorals like lazy old hags [04:22.03] [04:24.63]Well I wrote this one and I know it ain't great [04:28.40] [04:31.36]It'll probably sequence at track number 8 [04:35.25] [04:37.98]And pick up some water at 7/11 [04:42.33] [04:44.70]On my way to the mastering session [04:48.73] [04:51.16]The streets of Martinez I love them so [04:54.88]I walk out the door and the sun always glows [04:58.49]The cats of Martinez I love them so [05:02.44]They help me forget my songwriting woes