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Gun Street Girl

Tom Waits has always been a favorite lyricist fo mine for quite awhile.  Part of his draw is due to his unique voice, which always has that desperate “lived-in” sound that is either really appealing or completely revolting, depending on how you feel at the moment you hear him. The other part of his draw, for me, is the way he paints a situation.  Many of Waits’ songs, if read one line at a time, sound utterly ridiculous and pointless.  However, when heard in succession, along with the odd characters of sound playing with him, it describes an interesting moment in time.

Gun Street Girl is a perfect example of this, in which many of the lines may not make sense out of context but the way Waits’ describes things makes it feel you understand and have been there anyway.

Additionally, this is a unique song for us as Bob joins us on the drums and Neil is playing bass.  Together they form a solid walking feel with Jeremy’s atmospheric keywork in a way that Waits’ words could simply just be spoken in an almost matter-of-fact style over top.