Panic King Gills/A Bit of Soul

from The Year I Grew My Hair Real Long by Jim From The Moon

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lyrics

you are heart-stringing me along
all across your stage
I've not the years for all of this
as I gain and lose age

I am of spider-webbing glass
you, of panic king gills
I found a fitting friend of sound
lalala lalala lalala lalalala

been in love
been in trouble
been in debt
been in double

but never have I been in such a joke obscene!
and never has it ever been so clear to me

been insane
been insulted
been inward
been inside you
been in paris
been in handcuffs
been in utero
been in absentia

but never have I been inclined to be indoors
or to watch, with dimming eyes, a future best met on all fours

and they go unnoticed
and they lie
and they smile
and they writhe
and they go unnoticed

if I had a bit of soul
I'd sell it all to rock and roll
I'd sell it to her pennys by-the-pound
I'd sell it to her if she were around

and never has the timing been on all our sides
and never could you taste the stench of failure in our vapid eyes

and they go unnoticed
and they dig
and they plant
and they rave
and they rant
unnoticed

and they live in a mind
full of snapped moral vines
have you noticed?
and you sit
and you leave
and they laugh
and they feed
unnoticed

credits

from The Year I Grew My Hair Real Long, released September 16, 2009
Recorded in West Orange, New Jersey in 2009.

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Piano & Vocals: Jim from the Moon
Bass, Piano, Electric Guitar, Harmonica & Drums: Sam Lehmert
Drums & Percussion: Mike Neglia

Engineer: Sam Lehmert

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Jim From The Moon Los Angeles, California

At times Jim from the Moon plays acoustic tunes about girls, the devil, and similar distractions. They flow in the vein of Loudon Wainwright III and Neil Young, sung with a voice soaked in years of Irish storytelling. Other times he expels far-out electric rock that is primal and space-ward, with heavy, psychedelic sounds. Both sides are focused, catchy, and ready to be eaten by your ears... ... more

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