San Francisco B.C. - Silver Jews.mp3

[00:06.87]Old San Francisco,
[00:08.13]San Francisco
[00:08.97]B.C. I lived with my true love and she lived with me. "Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie"
[00:22.98]Was the very first thing she imparted to me
[00:26.19]We had sarcastic hair, we used lewd pseudonyms
[00:29.64]We got a lot of stares on the street back then.
[00:35.55]Since her dad, a local barber, had been beaten to death
[00:42.06]She had become a vocal martyr in the vegan press
[00:49.23]The cops had failed, they couldn't catch a bus
[00:52.20]They were looking for a male with a bad hair cut
[00:55.50]Enter bullshit, exit love and our affaire d'amour
[01:00.33]Was set on self-destruct.
[01:04.53]She said "you don't make enough to provide for me."
[01:11.19]I said "what about the stuff that we quote believe?"
[01:17.73]She said "I left that on the sands of history I've found a new man to take care of me He dresses for success and emergency And he moves a lot of concrete on the QVC."
[02:01.56]Little, asian, deadly, like a cobra in the shade
[02:08.25]Sat in the midst of the smoke that he made
[02:14.94]His name was
[02:15.48]Mr. Games and he owned the place
[02:17.91]It was a lonely bar and grill in the
[02:20.04]Lower Haight
[02:21.03]He had a jeweler's hands and a blurry face
[02:24.54]He knew I needed a chance so he gave me a break. "If I hire you now, can you start today? I got a high-rise job down by the bay. Just a couple of rocks and some firearms There's not many locks and just one alarm My step-son Gene will pick you up and drive Try to be his friend, he's got a friendly side."
[03:03.81]Doll-house lightning and the next thing
[03:05.88]I knew We were back at our point of rendezvous.
[03:16.65]I was in the possession of burglary tools
[03:20.40]Children's fur coats and diamonds and jewels
[03:23.31]Gene's talking about insignificant shit
[03:26.40]Just like crooks in the movies when they do that bit.
[03:59.40]He said the power of metal will never be harnessed.
[04:06.12]I thought the wages of metal should be heavily garnished.
[04:12.84]We were waiting for his dad to meet us there
[04:16.05]Gene took off his hat and
[04:18.03]I noticed his hair
[04:19.50]It was neatly trimmed but a patch was bare
[04:22.83]I knew it wasn't the wave, it was human error.
[04:32.04]Before I knew what
[04:32.94]I said, I said "killer cut."
[04:38.58]I watched him silently putting out a cigarette butt.
[04:45.27]Then he came at me with some fist cuisine
[04:48.57]I had to duck aside and that was bad for
[04:51.36]Gene Cause when he went by me he tripped and fell
[04:55.11]Through the glass coffee table at the
[04:57.30]Wong hotel.
[05:04.41]Right there and then
[05:06.00]Mr. Games walked in
[05:07.74]With my ex-true love on his gamy limb.
[05:17.76]So her dad's killer's dad was her new beau
[05:21.45]And Games had a wife, whatta you know?
[05:24.15]She got real real quiet till we chucked the kid
[05:27.75]Then she went her way and
[05:40.65]I went his.
[05:40.89]Old San Francisco,
[05:41.91]San Francisco
[05:42.81]B.C.