Magic Shoes

from Her Favourite Hitchcock Films by Jerry Vessel

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I'd like to be on psilocybin or on ecstasy
maybe a little weed and a cup o' tea
I'd like to listen to Jerry Reed
singing 'The Likes of Me'
Jerry Reed singing the likes of me
I never tried Quaaludes or Heroin
I used to listen to CW McCall on my way to work
'a pint of blood and a rabbits foot'
a pint of blood and a rabbit's foot
I love the skyline of San Francisco
near Broadway & Columbus
near Spec's Adler Museum near Tosca
near City Lights where North Beach
meets Chinatown
I wish I'd seen the Cockettes in the 70s
Phyllis Diller and Lenny Bruce at The Purple Onion
Kashmir and Karen with their sleepy eyes
The Blue Lamp and The I-Beam
Tu Lan Vietnamese on 6th street in the midst
of the unsettling humanity
I remember the night Chris Kellas
set the table on fire with a bottle of Ng Ka Py
he set the table on fire with a bottle of Ng Ka Py
I always liked Chris Kellas except for the time
he closed the bar early on a Sunday night
when I was trying to get you drunk
and take you home with me
I used to wait for you at the deli
on the corners of Larkin & Eddy
while you and Paul would argue over money and drugs
one flight up cracked out of your heads
550 Larkin at Eddy
You would walk around the Tenderloin in your magic shoes
gesturing ambidextrously impervious to the night
I could get through all of this
if you were here beside me which now
is never never never never ever
I'd like to be on Mescaline or on LSD
or on peyote with you as my spirit guide
to have been with you was so beautiful
to touch your face to breathe your breath
to hear your voice
coming home to you always delighted my heart
When I run out of paper
when I run out of ink
the story's over ladies and gentlemen . . .

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from Her Favourite Hitchcock Films, released October 22, 2021
Jerry Vessel ~ piano, vocal
Bruce Kaphan ~ keyboards
Paul Francis ~ "Sounds of the Universe"

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Jerry Vessel San Francisco, California

Jerry Vessel has previously released music as Heirlooms of August. He has been a member of San Francisco bands The Muons, Red House Painters, and Six Eye Columbia.

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