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new orleans WILL eat you alive

from GREATEST HITS 2010 - 2015 by BOURBON AND COFFEE

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written in real time over the course of three hours on Frenchman Street. a sprawling observation of human activity which flows alongside the sounds of a stride-style piano accompaniment.

lyrics

"I like your nose, kid. it's fuckin' sexy."
NOLA is crust punk heaven hilarious
filled with idiots filled with booze
saint patrick’s day green three days early
two dollar beers at the bodega

heart ache fades into the brown bag
getting lifted and lighter
who knows what's inside?
everyone knows.

ride a bike with a saxophone
strapped to your back
clarinet music stand
one hand steering straight
handle bars hung high

mothers and daughters
little kids riding a bus
spitting onto the pavement

stop to count the collected humans
learn something new about god.

stop to watch your thought
know nothing new about self
nothing but
the same lust
the same trust in faith
spirit world
to ignore transient imagination
and listen

“how you been, man?”
standard greeting.
“what do you play?”
drum talk
"we get wasted and play trad jazz.”
put it on a press kit
“what is ratchet?”
ratchet is: a bus full of eight year olds
spitting boogers onto the pavement.

we’re celebrating
the shrimp and petroleum festival
say hello to the gulf of mexico
“smells like pizza.”

you could buy a car
everyone plays trombone.

hand in pocket
hustlin’ for gigs
“see that guy?”
old family
batiste
he plays guitar.

lucky strike
cross legged kundalini
seated on the street.

foot traffic
sequin sandal
boat shoe
green socks
puma nike nike
adidas bought skittles
little girl candy box
rainbow love chihuahua
dog walk

working life
white shirt
black jacket
black tie.

first break six
“we got some jazz there.”
next break seven
“this is jazz and blues,
pick one you like.”
pack up
eight.

mother daughter
what happens
“hold up, baby.
who is that?”

camera lens snipe shot
candid corner photographer
cellphone clutched
snap stalking wild human
harley davidson helmet
dangling no danger

mother daughter
checkin’ the scene
thumbing your pockets
real grand hot pants
toe gaze

fake moustache
real world
walking down frenchmen

my bucket
hole in it
whole in it

passion pen
well red
late night
lamp lurkers

start early
start often
everyone knows.

nashville cowboy hats
look like plastic bead
necklace new orleans

solo trombone
keepin the street alive
“he said eight o clock”

stumbling dog sweater
talkin’ shop
bubbling youth mumbling
you understand
everyone knows.

everybody selling something
pit bull babies
new souls wandering
jesus
look at these young dogs
“you want her? she’s for sale!”
she’s too young.
“buy this dog!”

soda pop truck
utility belt
suspenders
everyone knows.

magnet glass mirrors
rearrange space
honest
accepting vision

free
or at cost
do not tax us

old soldier
blue flag
pocket ragged
“you got a cigarette? you got some weed?
I got some hash. I got some coke.”
baking soda and oragel
two boxes of tomatoes
mothers and daughters

eight thirty in the morning
eighty next week
“why do you like playing in the street?”
the people.

credits

from GREATEST HITS 2010 - 2015, released November 25, 2015
recorded by Brandon Schila
KEVIN URSO plays piano
IAN BE reads

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BOURBON AND COFFEE Buffalo, New York

BOURBON AND COFFEE is a freak jazz poetry band born in a Buffalo NY basement summer. wake up and join the fun. a lyrical flight through cloud mystery zones.

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