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It's all to do with restaurant conversations, murmurs in the air, observations of people in my neighbourhood.

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I'm happy here
the corner of 81st and third
the restaurant's pavement tables
are filled with folk and
sometimes I like their voices
and other times they get right on my nerves
but from the evening air
I pluck every word that they just spoke

There's an actor amused
hiding up the shame behind mascara
this rendezvous gone south
and now blind panic is setting in
with some it's operations
and others it's nervous laughter
in the end it's not where you're headed
but all the places that you've been

From your room you hear the world
feel the heat and get the girl
steal bits of conversation
from a late night reservation
show your hand and write the stories
of past adventures and former glories
and tomorrow when you wake up
you will do it all again

This gorilla's getting nothing
she thinks this steak is over cooked
opposite he's hoping she likes the food
in this place
out the back the chef is singing
practicing for tomorrow's karaoke
the griddle pan's a banjo
the mop an upright bass

From this room you count the stars
hear the footsteps and the cars
the night time blossom up above
falls on a couple as they fall in love
draw the lines and join the dots
shake your tablets bang the pots
and tomorrow when you wake up
you will do it all again

From when they meet to when they part
discussing politics and art
under this city beats a heart
that's tearing all these seats apart
and in this heat you could strike a spark
that could light up all the park
If idle talk costs lives
then no one here survives

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from Monkey Music From The Man Cave, released September 1, 2009
Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica and Vocals - Jon Cross

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Songwriting and banging your instruments together

The main thing I love to do is write songs. I pick up various instruments from ukulele to piano, accordion to percussion and electric guitar to harmonica and bang them about to try and get close to the noises I hear in my head but the writing comes first. ... more

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