eelgirl ep, by David P. Smith

eelgirl ep

by David P. Smith

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1.	Sunday 02:28	lyrics	buy track
A pale peach sun glows through a sullen drizzle pecking on broken bone two crows shining like an old black telephone in the rain Burly black suit boy comes with holographic Jesus card Bluster tongue blabbing his jaw is working hard and his face is turning red He got a big bulging head The drunken barfly's story uncoils like a twenty-one foot tapeworm all covered with shit While the naked servant gyrates whipped cream upon her dangling tits and the men are licking it A pale peach sun glows through a sullen drizzle pecking on broken bone two crows shining like an old black telephone in the rain In the rain
2.	Soul Hole 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Chorus There's a hole where my soul used to be I let it fly away when I believed that I was free Like a bird to the south it flew right outta my mouth Now it's always winter inside of me. I filled that hole with drink 'til it began to stink Plugged it up with drugs 'til it was festering with bugs Filled it with my ego and all my big ideas now I'm filling up that hole with an ocean of tears Chorus I thought I knew it all really I'm a dimwit Thought the the world was my mama and I was suckin' upon her tit Weak pink naked I'm just a baby man and the metaphysical shit just hit the metaphysical fan Chorus I hope I ain't a coward when my time comes to die That I say Come blessed rest and surrender with a sigh But I'll probably be yelling Oh please Mr. Death Please Mr. Death let me draw another breath Chorus
3.	Teen-Age Drinking Song 02:33	lyrics	buy track
Once I drank a mickey of Smirnoff in about seven minutes crouching in the bushes of the hospital grounds I chased it with a can of C-Plus Then I went to the high school dance and when that liquor hit me I professed my love for a certain girl We'd been friends for a while but she wasn't inclined towards a fuzzy-headed acne-bitten liquor-sodden fella A lot of people at the dance were drunk including this one major babe She was sitting in the bleachers slumped her head held between her hands The fabric of her dress stretched between her knees formed a small basin containing the contents of her stomach I headed to the cafeteria where I ate some doughnuts Later that night I puked in my sleep My Dad woke my up there was vomit in the sheets He said 'have you been drinking rye?' and I said no and he believed me not because he was dumb but because he wanted to believe his son.
4.	Last Trip To Vancouver 04:47	lyrics	buy track
Wipers are squeaking beating back the rain under pregnant skies Rotten old liquor head throbbing without fail day follows the night Bracketed by chain link fences stand four sets of three scrubby trees whipped by wind they thrash beside the terminal's rocky debris Spurting vomit out the window onto a vinyl awning Despite the rain some chunks were glued there I saw when I checked back in the morning For one brief staggering moment I held her and smelled her Before I was felled and slumped like a puppet with its synapses cut God bless the friends of drunks who pick them up and carry them home Lay them to bed eyes rolled up in the head stinking of liquor and smoke It's difficult to ascertain through dark curtains of rain the arrival of a new day I'd best be on my way Good-bye good-bye I gotta catch the three o'clock ferry So long I gotta go before the sad horn blows A ridge of clouds like smoke clings to the foaming sea So poisonously black you'd imagine they drifted from a burning factory Good-bye good-bye I gotta catch the three o'clock ferry So long I gotta go I can hear the sad horn blow Blow blow
5.	Devil Town 02:36	lyrics	buy track
I was living in devil town I didn't know it was a devil town Oh my Lord it really brings me down Devil Town All my friends were vampires I didn't know they were vampires Turns out I was a vampire myself Devil Town I was living in devil town I didn't know it was a devil town Oh my Lord it really brings me down Devil Town
6.	There Stands The Glass 03:35	lyrics	buy track
There stands the glass let it ease all my pain Let it settle my brain it's my first one today There stands the glass that will hide all my tears That will drown all my fears brother I'm on my way I wonder where you are tonight I'm wondering if you feel all right I wonder if you think of me in my misery There stands the glass fill it up to the brim Til my troubles grow dim it's my first one today
7.	Good-Bye Yellow Brick Road 06:14	lyrics	buy track
When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can't hold me forever I didn't sign up with you I'm not a present for your friends to open This boy's too young to be singing, the blues So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road What do you think you'll do then? I bet that'll shoot down your plane It's gonna take a couple of vodka and tonics To set you on your feet again Maybe you'll get a replacement There's plenty like me to be found Mongrels who ain't got a penny Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can't plant me in your penthouse I'm going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road

about

Live off the floor and leaning to the lo-fi, this ep captures the short-lived trio, eelgirl, consisting of David P. Smith, Scott Henderson, and Lily Fawn. A couple of these songs reappear on Striving For A New Tomorrow. There's the rarely performed Last Trip To Vancouver, an interesting selection of cover tunes that were staples of our live sets, and Clay George's dulcet tones add some sweet harmonies on a number of tracks

credits

released October 1, 2002

Recorded by Scott Henderson in a Sea of Shit.
Mixed by Scott Henderson and DPSmith
Cover design by BA Lampman

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David P. Smith Victoria, British Columbia

David P. Smith is a songwriter accordionist and multidisciplinary artist who in the past 18 years has released six full length recordings, numerous ep’s, and led a variety of musical projects that have consistently defied convenient genre classifications. ... more