MURRAY STREET

also appears on:

• Mix Tape #7 (live 2002)
• 10/07/01 "WORLD TRADE CENTER BENEFIT 2001"
• 08/17/02 "LIVE AT CABARET METRO CHICAGO, IL 2002"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar
Kim - guitar/vocals
Lee - guitar/organ
Steve - drums
Jim O'Rourke - bass

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Let me introduce you
(feel the wind soooo)
Since you saw my shadow self
Living underneath you
(over here)
She can't resist a tickle out
I'm a girl scout
Searching for the new stuff

Did I mention that it melts away
(all gone)
She puts a sign out
(i want a)
Out of order
(i want a building that stays)
Makes you strongly disobey
Guiding you away
(i promised you)
Chiding you away

So quick to hide when I turn around
She will rise just to embarass me
She likes to dance when it's dark inside
Just a flashlight there, for a guide
Try to catch me if you can
It's free and wild, watch where you stand
Below the net, desire it grows and grows
Like a strawberry not a rose
Prickly patch don't you stand on me
Squishin' down in the mud
Aah!
In your eye

NOTES:

• Working title: "Magick Chord"
• Debuted instrumentally in 2001, first performed w/ vocals at the 2002 All Tomorrow's Parties festival.
• The first of five new compositions debuted by Sonic Youth in 2001.
• Lyrics are official except for a few parenthesized lines.
• When deciding who would sing the then-instrumental songs, Kim initially chose what would become 'Karenology' and Lee chose this one, before switching.

  ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

  • On Mix Tape #7 - LIVE - 4:53

    Recorded live in Chicago, August 2002. Split into two parts. Part 1.

  • On Mix Tape #7 - LIVE - 3:43

    Recorded live in Chicago, August 2002. Split into two parts. Part 2.