Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night

The Hold Steady

Nelson algren came to paddy at some party at the dead end 
alley. he told him what to celebrate.
And i met william butler yeats. sunday nite dance party 
summer 1988. at first i thought it might be william blake.

We mix our own mythologies. we push them out through pa 
systems. we dictate our doxologies and try to get sleeping 
kids to sit up and listen. i'm not saying we could save 
you. but we could put you in a place where you could save 
yrself. if you don't get born again at least you'll get 
high as hell.

Sweet saint paul. that must be the hardest luck saint of 
them all. we met him in some suburban saint paul mall.
When st. theresa came to holly. i wasn't even at that 
party. i'd already moved out to new york city. when judas 
went up and kissed him. i almost got sick. i guess i knew 
what was coming. i guess i knew it was coming.

We gather our gospels from gossip and bar talk then declare
 them the truth. we salvage our sermons from message boards
 and scene reports. we come on to the youth. we try out new
 testements on the guys sitting next to us in the bars with
 the bars in their windows. even if you don't get converted
 tonite you must admit that the band's pretty tight.

They did she's got legs into ain't 2 proud 2 beg into 
something by the dixie dregs. they faked their way thru 
fairytale of new york. when the band stopped playing we 
howled out for more.
Hey nelson algren. chicago seemed tired last nite. they had
 cigarettes where there were supposed to be eyes. hey 
william butler yeats. the irish seemed wired last nite. 
they tried to separate our girls from our guys. they had 
cigarettes where there were supposed to be eyes.
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