I saw The Beta Band open for Radiohead back in 2002 (or 2001). It was pretty rad. It was before Radiohead decided that making real music with real instruments was unsophisticated rubbish.

When I was a lot younger I read this book called Lizard, which I hardly remember now except that I enjoyed it and I related to it enough that I still remember the reading of it fondly. This song reminds me of that book.

I guess it actually reminds me a lot of the books I read back in elementary school. The mood of the song reminds me of what I thought the world of Maniac Magee was like. Grey and depressing, but slightly wondrous enough that the lives lead are still worth leading.

I'm mostly randomly because I don't have a lot to say about this song.

The lyrics are great nonsense.

~fin