Saturday, February 06, 2010

Diplomat's Son Cover

We're kicking off the marathon with a kind post I've never tried before. Embedded in this post is my own ukulele cover of Vampire Weekend's "Diplomat's Son," which I recorded Friday night. Keep in mind that it's still a little rough around the edges.




Diplomat's Son

It's not right
But it's now or never
And if I wait
Could I ever forgive myself?

On the night
When the moon glows yellow in the riptide
There's a light
From the TV's buzzin' in the house.

'Cause I'm gonna cut it where I can and then
I'm gonna take it behind them
if I ever had a chance it's now then but
I never had the feelin' I could offer that to you.

To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you.

He was a diplomat's son
It was '81
He was a diplomat's son
It was '81

Dressed in white
With my car keys hidden in the kitchen
I could sleep
Wherever I lay my head

And the sight
Of your two shoes hidden in the bathtub
Let me know
That I shouldn't give up just yet.

Cause I'm gonna take it from Simon and then
I'm gonna take it behind them
if I ever had a chance it's now then but
I never had the feelin' I could offer that to you.

To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you.

He was a diplomat's son
It was '81
He was a diplomat's son
It was '81

That night I smoked a joint
With my best friend
We found ourselves in bed
When I woke up, he was gone

He was a diplomat's son
It was '81
He was a diplomat's son
It was '81

And that night
When the moon glows yellow in the riptide
I can't feel
Any traces of that other place.

And that night
When the moon comes racin' off the river
There's a car
All black with diplomatic plates.

5 comments:

Ali said...

I danced to this.

Shiny Masochism said...

i <3 Vampire Weekend ^^

Jeff said...

I love the ukulele. It just makes it so much better.

Molly said...

yes.

Carissa said...

i liked this
haven't listened to much vampire weekend yet, though

i got their new cd because i REALLY like the one you always sing... but it got lost as they delivered it.