What the Hell Happened?
from Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals by Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals
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Well I said I had work to do / I could not accompany you
To your girl friends’ to-do in Duluth
So you took off alone / And I unplugged the phone
And I took down the gin and vermouth
In the space of three days / I wrote seventeen plays
Twelve were tragedies, five were romantic
Plugged the phone in on Monday / hungover and hungry,
It took seventeen rings ‘til you answered / and I said,
What the hell happened to us? We used to be perfect together
And what the hell happened to you? You went and you changed
And what the hell happened to life? It used to be better
And what the hell happened to me? Well I’m still just the same
Soon as we got off the phone ya caught a case of pneumonia
And didn’t come home for a month
So I drove up to see ya / brought a jar of tequila,
And I sat on your porch and got drunk.
Your friends said you had gone out / they did not know your whereabouts,
Nor whom you were likely to see
Said you were looking quite well / they didn’t know you were ill,
And they’d never heard you talk about me
So now I don’t go to work and I don’t go to church and I
Don’t hardly get out the house
But I been writing these letters to my elders and betters
I see fit to deliver myself / And they say,
What the hell happened &c.?
So now I’m on the phone with my lawyer / you’re out in the foyer
I can hear you stomping your boots
But I won’t come out to kiss you / or tell you I missed you
Cause what is the point of the truth?
And when one thing is over / another begins
It’s the second one this song is for
And so starting today I wrote seven more plays
But I guess that you’ve read them before
Cause they say,
What the hell happened &c.?
To your girl friends’ to-do in Duluth
So you took off alone / And I unplugged the phone
And I took down the gin and vermouth
In the space of three days / I wrote seventeen plays
Twelve were tragedies, five were romantic
Plugged the phone in on Monday / hungover and hungry,
It took seventeen rings ‘til you answered / and I said,
What the hell happened to us? We used to be perfect together
And what the hell happened to you? You went and you changed
And what the hell happened to life? It used to be better
And what the hell happened to me? Well I’m still just the same
Soon as we got off the phone ya caught a case of pneumonia
And didn’t come home for a month
So I drove up to see ya / brought a jar of tequila,
And I sat on your porch and got drunk.
Your friends said you had gone out / they did not know your whereabouts,
Nor whom you were likely to see
Said you were looking quite well / they didn’t know you were ill,
And they’d never heard you talk about me
So now I don’t go to work and I don’t go to church and I
Don’t hardly get out the house
But I been writing these letters to my elders and betters
I see fit to deliver myself / And they say,
What the hell happened &c.?
So now I’m on the phone with my lawyer / you’re out in the foyer
I can hear you stomping your boots
But I won’t come out to kiss you / or tell you I missed you
Cause what is the point of the truth?
And when one thing is over / another begins
It’s the second one this song is for
And so starting today I wrote seven more plays
But I guess that you’ve read them before
Cause they say,
What the hell happened &c.?
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from Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals,
released October 3, 2013
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Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals Seattle, Washington
Day Laborers and Petty Intellectuals is a six-piece folk-apocalypse band from Seattle, WA, featuring cello, violin, theremin, bucket drumming, and four-part harmonies, not to mention heartfelt songs about love, life, and the end of the world. DL&PI has been bringing their cacophonous blend of indie rock, folk, punk, country, and jazz to the barrooms and bedrooms of the Puget Sound since 2012. ... more
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