Story Behind The Song
I live on St Marks Place and see the ?kids? all the time. Their day is spent scamming cash for drugs. I thought that their day was a lot like surfing a wave ?sometimes its great sometimes you tumble.
Song Description
A song using surfing as a euphemism for the life of skate punks that live on the street in the E Village of NYC. In particular a female scamming on St Marks Place.
| Song Length |
2:46 |
Genre |
Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless, Composed |
Subject |
Drugs, General |
| Similar Artists |
Violent Femmes, Widespread Panic |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
My baby, glides and moans but she got me down.
One time it drove me crazy,
as we rode out on the gravy train.
Come on down to St. Marks High
We like to get it on the upside.
Dressed in black all with a scowl ?
she?s gonna get her own now?gravy train.
Wrapped and hard she?s got to glide.
One more time on the inside.
Taking her down she?s on the ground.
Living in the solemn slip slide of a riptide.
Come spy on my situation
Time going back and forth.
One time drove me crazy.
As we rode out on the gravy train
Wrapped and hard she?s got to glide.
One more time on the inside.
Taking her down she?s on the ground.
Living in the solemn slip slide of a riptide.
Yeah yeah riptide
Well, everybody hooks like that, yeah everybody looks like that
everybody looks like that everybody looks like that everybody looks like that.