Lyrics Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt

Bakersfield

well the souvenirs

on my dusty shelf

well I get out the Tarn-X,

and I polish them myself

yes, posters are falling,

but who needs them at my age?

well I've learned to smile,

when all I feel is rage

so I think I will go to Bakersfield

with Gabriel and Paul

and I will hide behind the garbage cans

while the holy platitudes fall

and blow the gates,

I am coming through

with my albatrosses and all

and it's strategy not protocol

yes, it's strategy, not protocol,

that brings me here.