Rock 'n' Roll Is Where I Hide _Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes_ (1995)
Oh I should tell you about my power
About my mysterious kink
I used to go about fully believing I
Was invisible
The legendary invisible rock singer cowboy
I would open my mouth and spew forth
No blues no news just "hey mate, yeah you over here, boo!"
Just for a moment
I would materialise
Anyway
People started to talk about this legendary mysterious loud mouth invisible rock singer cowboy
I began to cool
Come back
Materialise
Even though I wasn’t meaning to
People began to come and see this invisible legendary loud mouth rock singer cowboy
You know soon
People would sit behind me at cafes and say
"He thinks he’s invisible - watch!"
Jeez you know I hate to keep em waiting i tried my best I got quite upset
Then I thought Ahh it’s not such a bad thing to be seen as a guy who thinks he can’t be seen
Even though I know I can it’s quite a trip
I mean in certain circumstances certain places Anything goes if you're known
If you’ve got a name around town as a guy who’ll do anything if nobody’s looking
But if everybody’s looking
‘Cause they think he thinks he can’t be seen
I mean they stare
It's like they think I can’t see 'em
It’s like I’m blind
It's like I’m invisible
Everybody’s looking
Because they think I think nobody’s looking
So I can’t not be seen so I’m not looking at them I know exactly where they are
And even if I was they couldn’t see me because they’re too busy waiting for me to dematerialise right there in front of them
Actually
What a place to hide
I mean say you were a spy
An undercover man
Somebody on the run
What better place to disappear
What a cover
A lead singer in a rock and roll band
I mean you’re poor, you’re stoned, you’re a slave to a unnameable half forgotten ambition, you’re just another guy on the lost highway, a Ramblin’ Man, a Pirate of Love, a Rider on the Range, a Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, a Love Rustler, a Desperado, a Bastard Right Royal Historically Entitled to be Bad, the Man in Black, Jon the Conqueroo, the Worlds Forgotten Boy, Meat Man Mr Blues, the Velvet Fog, the Silver Fox the Little Cloud That Cried, the Best Dressed Chicken in Town.
(Hey I'm dropping some fucking science on you here!
Yeah I'm tripping this music out!
Who else, man? Who else is gonna take you there?)