This is a full-band live recording of “Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5” from January 22, 2000 at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA. Though the song was originally released in 1996 on the fan-club album Tonics & Twisted Chasers, it wasn’t played live until 2000 – and this recording is actually onl...
[Intro]
This is a song about smoking dope, having cookouts, and hanging out on the west side. It's called "Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something Circa and 5"
Isn't it great to exist at this point in time?
Where the produce is rotten but no one's forgotten, nobody
On strawberry Philadelphia Drive
Children in the sprinkler, junkies on the corner
The smell of fried foods and pure hot tar
Man, you needn't travel far to feel completely alive
On strawberry Philadelphia Drive, oh!
On a hazy day in 19 something and 5, oh...
Ooh...
Ooh...
[Outro]
That's kinda a sad song a little bit, huh?
Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5 (live) was written by Tobin Sprout & Robert Pollard.
Guided by Voices released Dayton, Ohio – 19 Something and 5 (live) on Sun Apr 02 2000.