Asphalt Lullaby
"Asphalt Lullaby" is an unreleased Moistboyz song.
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Recording and Composition[edit | edit source]
"Asphalt Lullaby" was recorded by Dean Ween and Guy Heller at Brookridge Farms.[1] It was recorded with the same equipment as the Ween song "Skycruiser".[2]
According to Heller, the song is about their friend, a tattoo artist named Joe Rose, who is also the subject of "The Blarney Stone".[3] In his words:
Joe would drive False Front to New York City to do gigs. By the time it [was] over he could barely drive. Falling asleep while driving. There is a long dark stretch of highway entering Flemington, NJ that is a sleepy ride at 4 A.M. Thus, "Asphalt Lullaby".[4]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Verse 1:
4 am and Joe is tired
Has to drive us home
He is drunk and feeling woozy
Please don't kill us Joey
I can see his eyelids closing
When the lights go by
Changing lanes without warning
Drifting off the side
Chorus:
Please don't play the mellow music
We don't want to die
Why are you so sleeping, snoring
Asphalt Lullaby
Verse 2:
The light was red but you kept going
So we hit a cat
The car when bump and you woke up
And you said what was that
Fluffy pillow in your eyes
Softer in your head
Fly away and sleep little baby
Soon we'll all be dead