BIG EMPTY ROOM
Its rare that one of my own songs runs thru my head….usually my mind dwells on campy 70’s music or mid to late eighties femmy new wave emo (morrissey,boy george spandau,human league etc..) or the gals and the folkies (,pretenders,eurythmics,) and once in a while the classics (beatles,stones,bowie,lou,moodys,p.floyd et al) but today for some reason my own damn song was running thru my head…so I played some mix tapes of social distortion,patsy cline,dream syndicate,Sinead,Prokeiov,t.Monk,mancini,mott the hoople,tracy chapman and even george jones , as I painted….My mix tapes TRULY are MIX tapes..anyhuzen…nothing seemed to work…perhaps this will exorcize it from my Psyche…the song is BIG EMPTY ROOM off of 1999 CD “LOVER,LEGEND,LIAR..availible thru CDBABY or Itunes by clicking up in the corner of this page ..there..you see the link…
When I came home…to an empty town..
there was icy stares and glares,..yeah all around me
I saw strangers,who used to be friends
is this the beginning…of the endgame?
since you found me
and you crowned me
king of the losers..beyond the boundary
yeah you found me..
you unwound me..
now Im going to the big empty room upstairs
waiting in that empty room upstairs..
I cant come down..
I cant see straight..
well Ive been this way too long
well you see..
I cant turn my back..
I cant look away..
andl Im not as strong as I should be..
since you found me ..
and you crowned me..
king of the losers..beyond the boundary
you drowned me
and unwound me
now Im going to the big empty room upstairs
I’ll be waiting in the big empty room upstairs
Im gonna see you in that empty room upstairs….
BIG EMPTY ROOM….RRW1998….its under 2 minutes long and features a smoking guitar solo by longtime cohort JIMI HASKETT…and theres even some melancholy whistling at the end..its kind of ode to anyone who has had to accept that thier soulmate ..is gone..a shell.. and is now the soulmate of the manic secretive world of addiction…and you’ll never really know them as they were again..and so you start to let go long before their gone…….its been a decade and I still think of her daily
my last feeling
MY LAST FEELING
Everyone knows..how I long to be your lover..
everyone knows,..but you..dear..
and I cant seem to say, what Im constantly thinking..
so Im drinking away..my last feeling..
so long as the skys blue one in awhile…I will never get tired of your smile
without it my lifes a great big pile of nothing
and when a jetliner flies overhead..and your desk feels like a deathbed..
well remember I said lets quit our jobs and go traveling
and everyone says ..we”d be..so good together
but its not just me ..that finds you appealing..
has it ever crossed your mind,in your romantic downtimes, when your between boyfriends and youre reeling?
so long as the skies blue once in awhile..I will never get tired of your smile
without it my lifes like a great big pile of nothing..
and when a jetliner flies overhead, and your desk feels like a deathbed…remember I said lets quit our jobs and go travelling..
now everyone knows.. how I long to be your lover..
everyone sees what Im concealing..
but if I reveal myself..well..I just might not recover..
so Im drinking away MY LAST FEELING….
so long as the skies blue once in awhile..
so long as the skies blue once in a while..
so long as the sky..is blue…so long as the sky..is blue
I will hide..inside..my last feeling…my last feeling…
i will hide..my last feeling…
my last feeling..
——————————-RRWc2001 this is a new song Ive played live a bit…recently at MATCHBOX in December…everyone seems to love it and wonder WHO it is about…I’ll never tell
VALIUM..Original version of DANDY WARHOL’S new recording VALERIE-YUM
the DANDY WARHOLS recently recorded a very psychedelic version of this song on thier album “EARTH TO THE DANDY WARHOLS” and its especially cool coz if you listen to the breakdown in the middle …you can hear them mention my name several times in the psychedelic psychobabble… getting a nod, a homage, and royalties to boot was one of the high points of 2008..and has spurred renewed interest in my life and music…here are the original lyric plus the FUNK/RAP breakdown that had all the kids dancing back in the 80’s..enjoy…and visit the ROZZ REZABEK MYSPACE page to hear my version…which of course like all my music…is availible on http://www.cdbaby.com or I-tunes…
VALIUM RRW1983
never stuck a needle in my vein..oh yeah
i never polluted my nose with cocaine,..well maybe once or twice
my vice is nice and just a little bit insane..oh
Im on vacation in my brain
I take valium -yum-yum
my doctor signs an autograph
vali-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum
and i just have to laugh
world war 3, world war 4,..HEY!
I just dont care no more ..I take
VALI-YUM-YUM-YUM-YUM-YUM
I used to cry all the time..oh yeah
i used to be so sad its true…
but now Im happy..Yeah Im mighty fine
chewing up those ten milligram blues
vali-yum-yum-yum-yum
my doctor signs his autograph
valium-yum-yum
and i just have to laugh
world war 3,world war 4, HEY
I just dont care no more ..Im on
vali-yum-yum-yum-yum-yum
yummy yummy yummy got the love in my tummy
got the little love in my tummy oh yeah
yummy yummy yummy, feeling kinda gumby oh yeah
Im mello,..Im mello,.. my whole fucking heads full of lime green jello
Im on vacation in my brain
valium, my doctor signs an autograph
valium, I just laugh..world war 3, world war 4..HEY
—–MANGO LUV BUTTER HOMELESS TECHNICOLOR YAWN
EVERYONE TELLS ME MY RAPS REAL GONE
IM A TALL RABID GEEK,I AINT VERY HANDSOME
AND I MAKE LESS SENSE THAN CHARLIE MANSON
BUT I DRESS ,I DRESS FOR DURESS
I DRESS, I DRESS FOR DURESS..AND THEN I
PUMP UP THE VOLUME POP DOWN A VALIUM
PUMP UP THE VALIUM,POP DOWN THE VOLUME
MANGO LUV BUTTER HOMELESS TECHNICOLOR YAWN
SLO-MO SEX ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN
TWO TWITCH VIXENS, WITH GIN AN MIXIN’S..
SAID THEY COULDNT SLEEP SO WE THOUGHT WE’LD GET IT ON
MANGO LUV BUTTER HOMELESS TECHNICOLOR YAWN
SMEAR IT ON THICK LIKE A BOOTSY SONG
SMEAR THE FUCK ON THICK LIKE A BOOTSY SONG..
11 AM 11PM, GET UP GET DOWN, LETS DO IT AGAIN
GO TO THE ROCK SHOW,TO THE COCK SHOW,OH MY,.ALL THE MOCK HO’S
NEW YORK NEW YORK ITS A HELL OF A TOWN
BROWS FURROWED, READING BURROUGHS
RIDING DOWN IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND
THE BRONX IS UP AND THE BATTERY’S DOWN
THERES NO ONE HOME..I CANT HEAR A SOUND
I TOOK ONE JUST TO CALM ME DOWN
I TOOK TWO DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO
I TOOK THREE I SAID WHATS HAPPENING TO ME
I TOOK FOUR AND JUST SAID..
MORE MORE MORE MORE..
vali-yum-yum-yum-yum..doctor signs an autograph
vali-yum-yum-yum..i just have to laugh
world war3, world war 4,..hey
i just dont care no more..Im on the
vally-yum-yum-yum..world war 3,world war 4..
hey…………
the perfect words
THE PERFECT WORDS
The perfect words,they never come
if there are really miracles..I need one.
Im all heart and no brains..played out a desperate game
cant explain myself but I will die trying
The perfect words ..and simple times
a bed full of laughter and it was all mine
and we dont have to be friends,..but maybe we could talk again ..come up with an ending as good as our love began
the perfect words..a magic wand
to wave around us and poof… girl ,.. the world is gone..
Im all heart and no brains, played all the desolate games
cant explain myself but I will die trying
the perfect words you know they never come
and saying good byes rarely ever fun
yeah the perfect words,you know they never come
whats done is done is done is done is done
turn on the heat,..draw myself a bath
revise and rewrite our epitath
with the perfect words