Bingo
I wrote a couple of really nice little songs after I’d moved to Seattle and found employment. I was writing a lot of prose and such before I found a job. Once I did, music was all that would come. One, called 4 a.m., I’ve almost entirely lost and it’s a bloody shame b/c it was quite nice musically. More melodic than normal. It was sort of calling out Alanis on her loss of anger and righteousness. This is the other which marked a pretty wide departure musically… well, anyway, you can’t hear it yet so just have the lyrics.
Bingo
she has a new name now 1
but you knew her as a friend's 2
little sister 3
one time at recess 4
I recall 5
you tried to kiss her 6
in the shark school we played in 7
she learned to discount sin 8
it was a good lesson 9
for her 10
it was a good lesson for all concerned 11
it was a good lesson that we all learned 12
and she 13
makes 14
an adorable 15
whore 16
and bingo 17
is her name now 18
oh! 19
we recognized each other 20
out in front of 21
the showbox 22
she said i looked good 23
i said she was still a fox 24
we got to talking 25
about whom who's been fucking 26
she made me an offer 27
said how good it would be 28
she made me an offer 29
and i had forty bucks on me 30
and she 31
makes 32
an adorable 33
whore 34
and bingo 35
is her name now 36
oh! 37
1998
