An unreleased song from the 11 Tracks Of Whack era (c.1992-3)
BONUS alt take: No "talking intro", w/ extended outro. By Download only
movie: matt kerns
Our Lawn
Words and Music: Walter Becker
© Zeon Music, 1992
They very best days of the summer
Now will they jazz us no more
Spare parts and leftover pieces
Lay out across the garage floor
Babe it's a sad situation
Tell me, what can it be?
What's happening all over Elm Street
Is happening all over me
We frolicked here once in reckless green abandon
Stretching out to the horizon line
Even as the season ended
We were running low on sweet borrowed time
Those dead leaves piled up out by the mailbox
Stacked up against the first decent blow
You wonder what would it feel like
To just dive in and let go
All of sudden there's that tear in your eye
It’s the end of an era so kiss kiss goodbye
Our lawn is dying, we're watching it die
Well when the sun starts looking lazy
On ‘bout a quarter to five
The girls are talking and laughing
Up at the top of the drive
Me stuck here in my wood-paneled dungeon
Wondered what we're gonna do
Who's gonna save the Bermudas
Now that we've forgotten to
A little taste, a little light conversation
Isn't that the way it always was
No lousy zero-sum equation
Nor a lesson in some long-lost losing cause
Green Peace Whole Earth Utne Reader
Tell ‘em that I already gave
Tell ‘em it's the midnight hour
Dancing by the side of the grave
The margins are crumbling now and its starting to show
You might not even notice cause it’s going down slow
Our lawn is dying, in case you don't know
Let's throw a party on this doleful occasion
Show the bastards who you really are
No aging overnight sensation
Hitched his hammock to the wrong shooting star
All the way from DC to daylight
Illumination in the cold, gray dawn
Jacked up on the cellular level
In case you got to call someone
There's no one to blame now
And there's nothing to do
Let's just make the best of
What's real and what’s true
Our lawn is dying, so what else is new
Walter Becker, Vocals
Adam Rogers, Guitar
Dean Parks, Guitar
Fima Ephron, Bass
Ben Perowsky, Drums
John Beasley, Keyboards
Engineer: Roger Nichols
2nd Engineer: Dave Russell
Thank you for the download, as a drummer, I am learning more about Ben Perowsky.
Don