Blue And Grey Shirt
"Blue And Grey Shirt" is the 6th song on American Music Club's second album, 1988’s California. The song is about Eitzel's mother and her dying of cancer.
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| Song by American Music Club from the album California | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Format | LP / CS / CD |
| Length | 3:33 |
| Label | Grifter Records/Frontier Records/Demon Records |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Tom Mallon |
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Lyrics
I sat up all morning and I waited for you
With my blue and grey shirt on
Yeah I thought that's my lucky one
I'll sit and face the road now
I don't have a heavy load now
I got nothing to keep me hanging around here
From now on
Where's the compassion
To make your tired heart sing
I'm tired of being a spokesman
For every tired thing
There's nothing in the world outside
Just some things that I see from the side
I'm just a shy boy sitting in a house
When everyone is gone from now on
I sat up all morning and I waited for you
With my blue and grey shirt on
Yeah that's my favorite one
I sat up all morning so why did you call?
'Cause now I just sing my songs
For people that are gone from now on
Video
Mark Eitzel performing "Blue And Grey Shirt" in 2013 at Knust in Hamburg, Germany.
Personnel
American Music Club
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - bass
- Vudi - guitar, accordion
- Tom Mallon - drums, producer, engineer
Others
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel
Also appears on
- United Kingdom & California CD
- Songs Of Love Live Mark Eitzel - live version
- A Toast To You Live version
- Ten Years Of Tears Mark Eitzel - live version
- The Konk Sessions Mark Eitzel - alternate version