مردی

15 Contributors

Restless Year Lyrics

“Restless Year” is the opening track of Ezra Furman’s third solo album, Perpetual Motion People.

The song sets the tone of the album by describing how Ezra leads a restless and energetic lifestyle as a…

Read More

[Refrain]

Ooh-laa-ooh, sa-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh-ooh

Ooh-laa-ooh, sha-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]

I set up camp in the center of town

Ready for freedom when it all comes down

Snapping my fingers, walking around

I'm the dusty jewel in the thrown-out crown

Got a bus pass to make my way

From hideout to hideout in the heat of the day

I got a talisman tote with the whole array

And when you catch my coattails I'll be miles away

[Chorus]

Restless year

It was another restless year

It was a restless year

For a while, we had no fear

[Verse 2]

Yeah, bloody nose in the all night diner

Rolling with Rose and Miss Mariel Steiner

You can't pin her down, you can't define her

Dostoevsky, dime store copy[Refrain]

Ooh-laa-ooh, sha-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh

Ooh-laa-ooh, sha-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh

[Verse 3]

Making the rounds in my five dollar dress

I can't go home, though I'm not homeless

I'm just another savage in the wilderness

And if you can't calm down, you can listen to this

[Bridge]

(Death) Is my former employer

(Death) Is my own Tom Sawyer

(Death) Waits for me to destroy her

I never wanna die and I never grow older, yeah

[Refrain]

Ooh-ahh-ooh, sha-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh-ooh

Ooh-laa-ooh, sha-lacka, ooh-la, ooh-la, ooh-ooh

[Chorus]

Restless year

It was another restless year

It was a restless year

Don't tell me anything I don't want to hear