Inspired by an evening in Milan, Italy a few years ago… It was one of those nights where you end up in place you really shouldn’t be, with people who desperately needed to be somewhere else. ‘She had visions of free passage to a job lined up in Leeds...’
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She was dancing like a fascist
At Il Muro in Milan
when her sister sat beside me
with a clutch bag and a plan.
It involved two one-way tickets
to a destination known.
She produced a B.A brochure
with directions to my home.
She said “I’m Inna and I’m pleased to meet you.
I’m up for anything that you’re into.”
Fly me – night tripper.
She was surfing like a sex case
in the way they do for fun.
On the door they search for weapons.
If you’re clean they’ll give you one.
As fruit came on a platter, she identified her needs.
She had visions of free passage
to a job lined up in Leeds.
She came on a train
All the way from the Ukraine
Fly me – night tripper.
I was laughing like a hooker.
On my knee red nails were drumming.
I could see she was a looker
by the way she saw me coming.
She said, “You drive me crazy.”
So, we went out to her car
where she kept a Rickenbacker.
She could play like Johnny Marr.
She had a way that I thought was groovy.
She should have been in a Fellini movie.
Soulful guitar interplay form the heart of this lovely Americana collaboration from Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 2, 2018