October Song-of-the-Month
A simultaneous ode to loneliness and to two great movie studios on different continents, October’s belated song-of-the-month is called Toho and Ealing.
I’ve been kicking this one around since at least April.
Lyrics:
I spent an evening with Toho and Ealing
To try and find a way to disprove the feeling
I’ve never really been this lonely before
I tell myself that soon you’d appear at the door
The radio is hardly receiving
The papers tell me things that aren’t worth believing
If I could afford to I’d drink it away
But the landlord took his share earlier today
So why not roll that movie again?
Where Alec Guinness hatches a foolproof plan
Why not spend a few hours hoping that
Toshiro Mifune will get his man, yeah?
I spent an evening with Toho and Ealing
One eye on the screen, and one on the ceiling
How many hours has it actually been?
Who is going to care if I watch this one again?
I’m tired of being the one who is needing
To find a way to keep my heart from constantly bleeding
Cause I only wanted to do as I pleased
And now I know how little room one man needs
So why not roll that movie again?
Where Alec Guinness hatches a foolproof plan
Why not spend a few hours hoping that
Toshiro Mifune will get his man, yeah?
So why not pick up that phone again?
Why not play right into my plan?
Why not spend a few short hours thinking that
The one who slipped away was meant to be your man, yeah?
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