We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Light Of The Afternoon

by Jimmy Montague

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

1.
The Bar 03:58
could you spare a smoke boy cuz im fresh out trouble you for a light boy cuz im without im slurring my speech I hope you dont mind could you trade it for a kiss girl cuz im starstruck i know its hit or miss girl but im dumb luck im slurring my speech i hope you dont mind and suddenly the bar clears out its you and me and my big dumb mouth you take a drag and speaking slow said you better pucker up boy cuz i'll call your bluff show me what your made of cuz im tough stuff im slurrin my speech i hope you dont mind and suddenly we're all alone your lips on mine and im in drunk love the suddenly we're pulled apart and im in the cab home girl, thank god i got your name
2.
I met you on the subway I caught your eye you looked down at your feet as if to say "maybe when we are older I'll always be there for you and maybe we'll never have to be alone" Later, we crashed the party where we knew no one you never made it about yourself upstairs behind the sofa we spun the bottle alone and blushing we showed each other just how we felt you met my parents i met your brother after the wedding we never told a lie you found my first grey hair and i did the dishes to old McCartney records in the light of the afternoon but I lost you on the subway never got your name but you'll never know just how much you meant when I was down and out
3.
im a light house keeper your full name in a correspondance has left me breathless and my common sense has taken its daily vacation and left me restless you're the whitehouse speaker not a new one to takin chances and im hopeless standing on the corner of the L&M tryna work up the courage to ask you to be mine oh ive lost my mind you gotta know when to quit boy you know you're holdin out too long cuz this is the end of it boy you know you're holding out too long im a broken record stuck in the same romances that leave me guessing walkin round the corner of catalpa av hopin i still cross your mind from time to time as you do mine
4.
wake up slowly and roll out of bed "its all in your head" "but they dont need you" so if you want me to i'll wake up slowly and tug at the blinds im stayin in tonight cuz i dont feel how i used to feel waitin for someone to tell me that "i know what you're goin through" tell me what I mean to you
5.
a quick resolution the easy way out of a tense situation without opening your mouth one glass becomes two becomes the bottle becomes my bed hoping for reprieve but tomorrow comes instead how do you start again?
6.
Ridgewood 04:28
buck up sport its easy come i know you'll find another one chin up kid its easy go step outside for a smoke alone so lock the door and take a stroll with no particular place to go start to smile as you pass the signs for cheap beer and laundromats and discount photograph developers are handin out fake cash to match all the parked car fliers posted on the dash as you say oh i know there'll always be another city i can go to when i feel all hung up and im feelin so alone i know (i can always go) I know (i guess i'll go) to ridgewood ridgewood so tie your shoe and hit the street with no particular date to keep push your hair back as you pass the nameless cross streets and subway maps the endless cookie cutter coffee shops the painted green tint brass to match all the worn down statues hauntin up the aves as you say
7.
walking penance too cheap for a 1 train thru holes in my shoes from 57th to world trade what if these blue eyes fade to grey? will all i have to offer go the same way? a kiss on the corner a change in the crosswalk a flashing red light the audacity of love in this world after midnight my walking absence too cheap for the new age through holes in my clothes from 27's to earl grey what if my blue eyes fade to grey?
8.
and in your shower conversations you're chewin all us out with a distinct observation that never leaves your mouth why do you waste your precious time holdin in whats on your mind? so ceiling dreamer, why do you drink? why do you hold on to what drags you to the brink why do you let it bring you down? so ceiling dreamer, heavy sleeper we're blowin out the new reciever in your living room but somehow all that noise it never bothers you fakin asleep, oh you're not foolin me
9.
check my reflection in passing taxi cabs my stress sweats a collar that trickles down the avenue fit jacket and matching tailored slacks hang in the closet just inches out of grasp check my reflection in passing subway lines adjust the gigline each seam a bit too tighten up your act the aisles lookin bright straighten your back and fumble for the light but whatd you expect? trading paycheck after paycheck for the pain in your back its not as easy as it seems to drift off to sleep when the thoughts of the jacket and the matching tailored slacks gather dust in the closet you know that shes not comin back so check my reflection in passing taxi cabs
10.
If I'm Alone 03:01
Baby, i think i'm leaving got all my reasons all of them involving you i didnt mean to get so angry but all those promises you made were never true so whats the point of sunsets on west side drinks on the high rise hoppin the turnstiles baby with no one there to bring me home so baby, dont come callin dont leave a key for me oh baby cant you see so whats the point of sunsets on west side drinks on the high rise hoppin the turnstiles baby if i'm alone

credits

released March 24, 2019

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jimmy Montague Queens, New York

A Ginger Sling with a Pineapple Heart

shows

contact / help

Contact Jimmy Montague

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Jimmy Montague, you may also like: