centro-matic / will johnson

sometimes i think i don't post enough of a well-rounded music assortment here. so, if you follow the site, here's some different stuff.

i first saw centro-matic back in probably 2000, on an art department trip to Austin, TX. it was an amazing show. we even ran into them the next morning at a subway restaurant, near their hometown of Denton. very nice fellas. throughout the years i think i've seen them 3 times. here's two videos.



"Triggers and Trash Heaps"








"Re-Run Pills"
this is will solo. great song writing.





since they're not posted anywhere online, my attempt at remembering the lyrics:

if the alcohol is positively right
then i'll wind up spinning out for the night
and cause an accident
but it would be well spent
my new accident
for your eyes

if my attention pills worked perfectly fine
you wouldn't have to repeat your lines
oh, the things i do forget...
you wouldn't get upset
at my afflicted head
and hollow shell

'cause when the one-man, bastard circus is in town
you'll somehow find a way to stick around
and when the tightrope shows all crash to the ground
i'm coming down...
i'm coming down.

if my promises were perfectly kept
there'd be so much less emotional debt
the floors would be all swept
i'd fix the TV set
some sort of miracle
much to your surprise

and if the bartenders knew perfectly right
they wouldn't set me up for the night
and watch me fall so hard
and wind up in our yard
just in time to hear you lock the door

when the one-man, bastard circus is in town
you somehow find a way to stick around
and when the tightrope shows all crash to the ground
i'm coming down...
i'm coming down...
tonight.