Alain

The mixtape that you made
You picked a rainy summer day
You said “You’re small
But these songs will make you feel great”

Every day after school
I ran up to my little room
To hear Paul Simon croon
XTC and Talking Heads too, fafafafa

You kept adding names to the list
Otis Redding, REM and Prince
Now I know you must have grinned
When I erased George Michael and Sting
Instead I taped The Kinks

Then someday I don’t know when
You stopped being my hero and became my friend
I gave you Pavement, we sang Creep
Sparklehorse made us weep, lalalala

And then I moved away
And I put the tapes
In an old suitcase
And the ink started to fade

Now we don’t even listen to CD’s
It’s all streaming and mp3’s
There’s no cracks, it’s all so clear
But it’s pretty flaws you want to hear

I picked a rainy autumn day
To take the mixtape that you made
Out of the dusty old suitcase
I sat down and I pressed play
Buddy it still made me feel great
Buddy you still make me feel great