KISS OF OR COME ON
(words & music by Nate Butler)
It’s too late to buy booze and you might lose
But I’m not goin’ home
It’s not the blues if I’m not the dude she chooses, but I can’t be alone
Tell you how, If you’re ever down, I’ll show you the town
Hand-me-down, weathered class clown
The other guy talked better -- “Bye, bye, bye, good night!”
Would a strong man shake it out of them?
Or bury it with booze?
Or should the class clown cry and let them all down?
Then who’d be getting whose?
Let them kiss some unfamiliar clown?
When it gets down, come down
Come down, down, down, down
The other guy gets to kiss her – bye, bye, bye!
Get high!
Kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on,
Come on or kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on, come on
Kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on,
Come on or kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on, come on
There’s not a limit to the effort that it takes
But I’ve called in sick to work, and lied to my best friend, for chrissakes!
I can’t read women, but they can’t read me
Guess that’s a fair exchange
They’ll put me up and then they’ll bring it all down
And start behavin’ strange
Let me stay, and try another way of getting away from her gaze
The maze she made
… Oh dammit, here comes another of life’s loveless long nights!
Just tell me what’s on your mind!
Kiss off, or come on, but don’t just laugh
Kiss off, or come on, but don’t just laugh
credits
from Strip Twister: The Lost 1990 EP (Remastered),
released October 17, 2022
Mark Ribera: lead & backing vocals, saxophones
Darren Embry: bass guitar, backing vocals
Perry Hodge: lead guitar, backing vocals (lead vocal on chorus of “Stability”)
Nate Butler: rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, principal songwriter
Brian Hamada: drums
Originally Recorded at Ken Carlton Recording, Madera CA, on November 18, 1990.
Produced by Todd Suntrapak. Engineered by Ken Carlton.
Newly Re-Mastered by Peter Wolf at WolfSound Audio Engineering, March 2022.
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