Patio Song from Homeless Songs by Paris Street
I wrote most of this in downtown Nashville, in between parking my car and walking several blocks over to an art gallery. It’s a sweet little number about two people with unrelated anxiety issues. They don’t necessarily help each other out, but – just by being there – serve as a calming presence for the other
Tracklist
| 4. | Patio Song | 4:09 |
Lyrics
Stressing out on your patio
Fighting off the mosquitoes
Makes me wish that I still smoked
It would keep those buggers away
Cobwebs on the windowsill
You were counting out some pills
Not sure if you still
Had one more dose to take
Nothing special really going on
Drinking coffee ’til the coffee’s gone
A boy, a girl, and the coming dawn
You know there’s no place I’d rather be
Early stages of a courtship show
Silent agreement to take things slow
That hasn’t worked before, but you know
That’s still perfectly fine with me
And while the flowers in your backyard bloomed
And the dew formed on the petals
A sudden panic swept all over you
You swore ’cause you were sure
That you could taste metal
Look at us, we are quite the mess
You’re paranoid and I’m overstressed
The mosquitoes are far from impressed
If they could, they would roll their eyes
Another evening of stories shared
A couple kisses here and there
We’ll never be know as a perfect pair
But that’s the last worry on our mind
Credits
Written and performed by Carl Polgar.
Image taken somewhere in the Sylvan Park neighborhood of Nashville.
