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Low Down Times

by Alonzo Cat Farm

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praying for rain new year's day and the phone don't ring i want to go away with what's left of my will to live new year's day i haven't seen my daughter if i had her i wouldn't have to look any further praying for rain new year's day i don't want to make a sound something has to come to me or i might as well leave town praying for rain new year's day last year of my life praying for rain is the only thing that seems right praying for rain rain brings the flowers rain drowns the flowers....
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talk dirty 03:36
talk dirty i've given up on god he doesn't listen to me at all something less than hope is in my heart i look for love in passing faces i don't have any expectations i'm always in love even when i'm not if i was to open my mouth to beauty all i would do is talk dirty if i can wake up in your bed i'll make you coffee and eggs i'll make love to you all day i can be sweet i got a death rattle cough my dick is sore from jerking off i'd like to die in my sleep but i'm not lucky if i was to open my mouth to beauty all i would do is talk dirty you have a lovely neck can i paint you like modigliani did? i got time to waste and i like yer face if i buy you some shoes willl you take away my blues? baby, i can make you drip like honey if i was to open my mouth to beauty all i'd do is talk dirty
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low down times i brushed past richard gere he was heavy with cologne i had no business being there and i took myself back home sayin this is the last these eyes will see of new york city the ship sailed without me these are the low down times the money ran out i pissed away a job in a cup you tell them i died alone and watch their faces light up i ignored the daylight and the possibilities of the day i gave the whole day away these are the low down times they took everything you had you didn't have much to start they didn't want your soul but they wanted to break your heart these are the low down times it's the last year of your life and you're passing alone through the pacific time zone these are the low down times
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limitless 04:22
limitless i ran out of dreams like you run out of smoke i ran out of vision i ran out of hope everything ran out everything ran out everything ran out that i thought was limitless i ran out of love like you run out of words i ran out of ambition i ran out of nerve and everyone ran out everyone ran out everyone ran out that i thought was limitless i was asleep writing songs in my sleep i was asleep-- listen! i'm singing songs in my sleep i was asleep beautiful songs and everything was limitless
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room 68 (the angels) it's at the end of the hall looking out on a rockslide it's as good as any place to hide and the angels are riding down broadway to the sea to the sea there's the parsley sellin con man and the sun shines everyday after the fog burns away and the angels are riding down broadway to the sea to the sea i'm at the gold dust lounge just trying to stay alive and it ain't workin i'm at mr. bing's just dying to stay alive and it ain't workin and the angels are riding down broadway to the sea to the sea it's at the end of the hall lookin out on a rockslide it's as good as any place to hide and the angels are riding down broadway to the sea to the sea lovely maria works the night desk and the man across the hall laughs at nothing at all and the angels are riding down broadway to the sea to the sea
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a woman's door i wish i had a woman's door to knock on a door to be answered by a beautiful woman she'd let me in offer me a beer i'd say how's it goin? she'd say what are you doin here? i'd say i'm lonesome and she'd say well i figured i wish i had a woman's door to darken i wish i had a woman's love to call on to be comforted by a beautiful woman she'd take me in offer me breakfast in bed i'd say i got to go and she'd say that's why i didn't start it yet and i'd say i'm grateful she'd say well i reckon i wish i had a woman's love to fall back on
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chicka boom 03:54
chicka boom i can't sell her on my plans to please her i don't impress her much she laughs at my advances i'm not rich or good enough i've set my sights too high again this can't come to a good end chicka boom i can't run around the point enough for her and i'm not good at small talk i say baby you and me should make it and i watch her take a walk i've set my sights too high again this can't come to a good end chicka boom someday i'll have my real fine looker and we'll make love all the time she'll appreciate my honesty and forgive my dirty mind i've set my sights too high, too high good lord above a man has to try chicka boom
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til my heart aches once i played a part in a miracle then i was told to walk away i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches i was unneccessary but it's not that easy i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches you know a few four letter words but will you know wrong from right i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches she didn't want me to care she wanted me to disappear i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches she pretends i don't exist but everything's my fault i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches you know when they're lying to you but will you know when to ask for help i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches you know how to get what you want but will you know how to be grateful i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches i try to do right by you but nobody wants me to i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches like the devil himself i'm kept from you i worry till my heart aches til my heart aches you know what pisses you off but will you know what makes you happy i worry til my heart aches til my heart aches once i played a part in a miracle then i was told to walk away
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pushin' us 03:24
pushin' us you want excuses i got your excuses one excuse is good for many regrets it's all pushin us pushin us pushin us to another place i want some answers can you give me an answer give me this answer why am i such a dreamer it's all pushin us pushin us pushin us to another place i dont' see the difference can you see the difference the difference between the winners and the losers it's all pushin us pushin us pushin us to another place
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and...but 03:40
and...but this is how they tell me to spend my money and this is how they tell me to dress this is how they tell me to live this is really how they talk to me and every man has a woman but no woman has me this is where they tell me to go and this is what they tell me to say this is how they tell me to act and this is who they tell me to be and every man has a woman but no woman has me i'll be whoever they want me to be there's only one thing i need this is what they say is my problem and these are their hand me downs and this isn't even my money and this is what is wrong with me every man has a woman but no woman has me
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start early/finish late i want a skinny girl with perfect breasts who waits on my love and doesn't need to be impressed start early, finish late give me a woman who speaks no language doesn't know the meaning of the word damaged start early, finish late some scrawny waif some little nothin chick who's probably a model workin on her doctorate start early, finish late
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trouble 03:03
trouble i got into this mess watchin an ass in a yellow sun dress in dallas, texas trouble is my middle name and it was my daddy's name there was something my ma could see that's why she gave that name to me george was shana's boyfriend he worked sound at the club he said the city would spit me out after it ate me up trouble is my middle name and it was my daddy's name boys i got to go but i'd really love to stay i got a visit from the stork and a little brain work til i'd had all i could take of new york, new york trouble is my middle name and it was my daddy's name and it's a hard name to live down fellas, i was just leavin town trouble is my middle name and it was my daddy's name there was something my ma could see that's why she gave that name to me yeh, texas was a beautiful place to wake up and greet the sun!

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Recorded straight to cassette, fall 2007, in San Francisco.

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released September 18, 2007

All songs written and performed by Eric Clark.
Album art, "Laundry Room, Golden Eagle Hotel" by Eric Clark.

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Alonzo Cat Farm is the musical hiding place of Eric Clark. He is also a writer, painter, and American failure.

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