The Ellevators - Dirty Yellow Chair
Album available for purchase at stettes.bandcamp.com.
Written by: Michael Stettes
for Jonathan Lethem
Drums: Andrew Baughman
Guitars, Bass, Synths, Vox, Tambo: Michael Stettes
Backing Vox: Stephanie Sapienza
Lyrics:
it was the take a penny leave a penny romance of the year
your string cheese kinda sexy pulled apart and made it clear
that like an obese baby folks should give you a wide berth
I whispered twisted acts into your back until you gave the word
our rusty fingertips were checkers at a casting call for Chess
your catchphrase was a killer and you sentenced it to death
the TV shouted German cinematic ill-repute
I learned that blindfolds are a dollar if you’re willing to buy two
and now you’re sitting there
in your dirty yellow chair
laughing as my face disappears
after several weeks my knees were sanded to a sheen
you never kissed me after despite all the Listerine
and when you said I’m ready draw and quarter me to bed
I looked a gift horse in the mouth and saw the armies in your head
you resembled execution like a falling cigarette
I stared at your decision turned the green into a red
retreated to your kitchen made myself a plate of crow
left your studio apartment wondering who you might know
and now you’re sitting there
in your dirty yellow chair
laughing as my face disappears
yeah you’re sitting there
in your dirty yellow chair
laughing as my face disappears