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“M79” features orchestral strings, name-drops whose ability to be understood directly correlate with the number of polo shirts you own (read: preppy), and a hint of surf-rock guitars — yep, it’s another song off Vampire Weekend’s fantastic debut album.
The title refers to the M79 bus in Manhattan,...
[Verse 1]
It's gonna take a little time while you're waiting like a factory line
I'll ride across the park, backseat on the 79
Wasted days, you've come to pass
So go, I know you would not stay
It wasn't true, but anyway
Pollination yellow cab
[Refrain]
Ohh, ohh
[Verse 2]
You walk up the stairs, see the French kids by the door
Up one more flight, see the Buddha on the second floor
Coronation rickshaw grab
So go, I know you would not stay
It wasn't true, but anyway
Racist dreams you should not have
[Refrain]
Ohh, ohh
[Bridge]
No excuse to be so callous
Dress yourself in bleeding madras
Charm your way across the Khyber Pass
Stay awake to break the habit
Sing in praise of Jackson Crowter
Watch your step along the arch of
[Instrumental]
[Bridge]
No excuse to be so callous
Dress yourself in bleeding madras
Charm your way across the Khyber Pass
Stay awake to break the habit
Sing in praise of Jackson Crowter
Watch your step along the arch of glass
M79 was written by Ezra Koenig & Rostam.
M79 was produced by Rostam.
Vampire Weekend released M79 on Tue Jan 29 2008.