Chillout Tent-The Hold Steady

there was a stage and a PA
up in western massachussetts.
the kids came from miles around
to get messed up on the music.

she drove down from bowdoin
with a carload of girlfriends.
to meet some boys and
maybe eat some mushrooms.

and they did and she got sick
now she's pinned and way too shaky
she don't want to tell the doctor
everything she' s taken.

the paramedics hovered over
like a somber mourning family.
they gave her activated charcoal
they flooded her with saline.

she got really hot and then she came to in the chillout tent.
they gave her oranges and cigarettes.

he was rough around the edges.
he'd been to school but never finished.
he'd been to jail but never prison.

it was his first day off in forever, man.
the festival seemed like a pretty good plan.
cruise some chicks and get a suntan.

his friend gave him four but he said only take one.
but then he got bored
he ended up taking all four.
so now my man he ain't that bored anyways.
the paramedics found him
he was shaking on the side of the stage.

everything was spinning and then he came to in the chillout tent
they gave him oranges and cigarettes.
she got really hot and then she came to in the chillout tent
they gave them oranges and cigarettes.

she looked just like a baby bird
all new and wet and trying to light a parliament.
he quoted her some poetry.
he's tennyson in denim and sheepskin.
he looked a lot like izzy stratlin.
they started kissing when the nurses took off their IVs.
it was kind of of sexy but it was kind of creepy.
their mouths were fizzy with the cherry cola.
they had the privacy of bedsheets
all the other kids were mostly in comas.

he was kind of cute.
they kind of kicked it in the chillout tent.
she never saw that boy again

she was pretty cool
they kind of kicked it in the chillout tent.
he never saw that girl again.

That's the one song that really jumped out at me after the 1st two listens.
Hold Steady aren't something that I'd normally like, so I purposely bought it (with a Best Buy gift card). I would have loved this band about 6 years ago.

meh

one of the top 2 or 3 bands working right now. great album.

great lyrics, and it would also be a great song, if it wasn't for the horrible chick vocals

probably what kept this out of my top 10

I'm more of a "Massive Night" man, m'self.
Can't play that song w/o blasting it.

That's my school that gets name dropped in the beginning. Story has it Colgate held the spot until they played a show at Bowdoin and decided to change it.

I like this song, and Massive Night a lot. But those are probably the only two on the album.

YES!!!

Now THAT'S what I'M talkin' 'bout!

FWIW, they're playing NYEve in Chicago.

bowdoin pride...

and new year's day.

i went to Colby, once again we get trumped by Bowdoin

Good song, but not even the best one on the album (Southtown Girls).