Chillout Tent.
this song was written by the Hold Steady
(lyrics)
There was a stage and a PA
Up in western Massachusetts
And the kids came from miles around
To get messed up on the music
And she drove down from Baudoin
With a carload of girlfriends
To meet some boys and
Maybe eat some mushrooms
And they did and she got sick
Now she’s pinned and way too shaky
She don’t want to tell the doctor
Everything she’ s taken
The paramedics hovered over
Like a somber mourning family
They gave her activated charcoal
They flooded her with saline
(her) I got really hot and then I came down in the chillout tent
They gave me oranges and cigarettes
He was rough around the edges
He’d been to school but never finished
He’d been to jail but never prison
And it was his first day off in forever, man
The festival seemed like a pretty good plan
Cruise some chicks and get a suntan
And his friend gave him four
But he said only take one
But then he got bored
And he ended up taking all four
So now my man
He ain’t that bored anyways
The paramedics found him
He was shaking on the side of the stage
(him )Everything was spinning and then I came down in the chillout tent
They gave me oranges and cigarettes
(her) I got really hot and then I came to in the chillout tent
(both) They gave us oranges and cigarettes
She looked just like a baby bird
All new and wet and trying to smoke a parliament
He quoted her some poetry
He’s Tennyson in denim and snakeskin
He looked a lot like Izzy Stradlin
They started kissing when the nurses took off their IVs
It was kind of of sexy but it was kind of creepy
Their mouths were fizzy with the cherry cola
They had the privacy of bedsheets
And all the other kids were mostly in COMAS!
(her )He was kind of cute, we kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that boy again
(him) She was pretty cool and kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that girl again
(her )He was kind of cute, we kicked it in the chillout tent
And I never saw that boy again
(him)And she seemed pretty cool, we kicked it in the chillout tent
Categories: Ted Giffin