Jeffrey Lewis - Art Land lyrics

there's a cold wind whipping the windows a ghoul with a guitar playing pinball says "Bernie lemme take your picture or are you wanted for murder?" the ghosts of freaks who died in the future they need support, they need friends, they need culture there's a feeling you get, hard to name or forget when they swoop down on you & you're needing them too there's a cold wind whipping the window the take out chinese food gate closed it's not much of a scene if you're a human being but we're lonely and brave so we come out to the cave i'm so busy, i'm so busy, man, at ARTLAND Sam said his friend said to him one night, she was at artland she swore she saw the one and only legend on Grand Street at 3 in the morning she said he was there for recording but Grand Street at 3 in the morning?! come on , gimme a break as if he couldn't be anywhere in the world you must be pulling my leg it's an absolute lie no, she swears, there's a studio there but gimme a break, it's still an absolute lie he's too busy, he's too busy , man, for ARTLAND 1,100.30 you swear you'll tear my heart out if i don't cough it up but that's more than i can get from an ATM anyway & you would understand if you were my friend this neighborhood's for the artists, so how come i don't see any art? this neighborhood's for the smartest they wouldn't pay so much if they were so smart this neighborhood's for the families sometimes having a family seems fun this neighborhood really is pretty good i think i'll take this one