NYC GHOSTS & FLOWERS

also appears on:

• Elysian Fields s/t (instrumental)
• 04/08/00 "LIVE AT ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES 2000"
• 07/06/00 "LIVE IN COPENHAGEN 2000"
• 08/05/00 "PERSPECTIVE MUSICALES - LIVE AT CAT'S CRADLE 2000"
• 06/07/01 "LIVE AT L'OLYMPIA 2001"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar
Kim - bass/vocals
Lee - guitar
Steve - percussion
Jim O'Rourke - electronix
William Winant - percussion

Lyrics   status: confirmed

cars
lights
bees
nails
flowers
dogs
children
lights
cups
fur
paste (MEET ME ON THE CORNER)
rats
wind
dreams
sticks (MEET ME ON THE CORNER)
horns
zippers
nuts
sand (MEET ME ON THE CORNER)
hats
gears
pigs
drugs (THURSDAY, THURSDAY) [repeat]
             (MEET ME ON THE CORNER) [repeat]
flyers
whips
doves
spots
lips
flakes
sewers
tires
gates
steps
laundry
floors
slides
creaks
stomachs
crabs
doors
feathers
candy
steps
fingers
ships
poets
brains
frogs
tongues
geese
waves
ice
jars
oranges
pigs (WEAR YOUR)
tigers
candles (SPECIAL)
money
gum
spit (UNDERWEAR)
flames
coats
windows
explosions
trucks
guitars
bells
posters
scientists
meals
suitcases
pups
ghosts
shies (SWAY SIDE)
record players
gloves (SIDE 2 SIDE)
            (AUTOMATIC)
books
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
cakes
eggs
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
puppets
(AUTOMATIC)
cookies
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
bags
stains
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
radios
(AUTOMATIC)
newspapers
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
books
fabric
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
windows
(AUTOMATIC)
eyes
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
buttons
(WEAR YOUR)
sparkles
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
artists
(AUTOMATIC)
glitz
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
artifacts
(SPECIAL)
traps
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
records
(AUTOMATIC)
ice cream
(SWAY SIDE 2 SIDE)
needles
(UNDERWEAR)
hair
(SWAY SIDE 2)
girls

NOTES:

• Working title: "5"
• Played instrumentally several times in '99, debuted w/ vocals on 4/8/00.
• An instrumental version was released entitled "side2side2".
• For the 2000 tour, Jim controlled Kim's backing vocals on his laptop, while Kim sang her lead part overtop.
• Special thanks to Amy at sweetshine.com for deciphering Kim's backing vox.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• "side2side2"