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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = | | Name = Firefly | ||
| Cover = AMC-California.jpg | | Cover = AMC-California.jpg | ||
| Caption = California cover | | Caption = California cover | ||
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| Released = 1988 | | Released = 1988 | ||
| Format = LP / CS / CD | | Format = LP / CS / CD | ||
| Length = | | Length = 2:52 | ||
| Label = [[Grifter Records]]/[[Frontier Records]]/[[Demon Records]] | | Label = [[Grifter Records]]/[[Frontier Records]]/[[Demon Records]] | ||
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]] | | Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]] | ||
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# "[[Blue And Grey Shirt]]" | # "[[Blue And Grey Shirt]]" | ||
# "[[Bad Liquor]]" | # "[[Bad Liquor]]" | ||
# "[[Now | # "[[Now You're Defeated]]" | ||
# "[[Jenny]]" | # "[[Jenny]]" | ||
# "[[Western Sky]]" | # "[[Western Sky]]" | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''"Firefly"''' is the 1st song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ' | '''"Firefly"''' is the 1st song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s second album, 1988’s ''[[California]]''. | ||
Eitzel told ''Sounds'' that the opening line was "not intended to be flippant at all. That’s what people do – they laugh at things that die quickly. To protect themselves or something. I don’t want flippancy in our music, but I’ll sometimes risk an element of it.”<ref>{{cite web | url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Sounds_-_October_21,_1989 | work=Sounds | date=October 21, 1989 | author=Roy Wilkinson | title=Atlantic Crossing | accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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Tell me what you sit up all night waiting for<br> | Tell me what you sit up all night waiting for<br> | ||
Are you waiting for loneliness to paralyze<br> | Are you waiting for loneliness to paralyze<br> | ||
Are you waiting for Sister Midnight to | Are you waiting for Sister Midnight to anesthetize | ||
You're so pretty baby<br> | You're so pretty baby<br> | ||
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* ''[[1984-1995]]'' | * ''[[1984-1995]]'' | ||
* ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' <small>Live version</small> | * ''[[Songs Of Love Live]]'' <small>Live version</small> | ||
* ''[[Solo Acoustic Live 2005-2007]]'' <small>Mark Eitzel - live version</small> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:AMC songs]] | ||