The Time Being | Steve Kilbey

atlanta comes n goesas i knew it mustthe tour is overpeter n i are at lax airportour flight back to aust leaves in a few hoursatlanta was goodgreat crowdthe band ever so slightly “under”tired or weary or just getting oldjeffrey cain gives me new music for isidore at gigsomeone steals some money off tiare backstagejw n moksha from the hu dostiesgriffo n anthony collinskeith n deekip n jill from austinholly kiabgoa eekvirginia n christianwhole bunch of good peoplethis morning i realize everyone in our hotelwas there for the church last nightfamilies with kidsblokes n guys …more doctors n teachersguys from alabama n mississippithey all love the churchthey all grew up on the churchvery touchingi feel sad to leave the lovely southbut i gotta get home now n recovernot enough sleep too much traveltoo much rocknrolltoo much alcohol…boy dont it knock ya roundthanks to all who brought me jazzincluding jonny hollywoodthanks for gifts n foodstuffs etc etci love my fansi am devoted to my fansi will keep on keeping onas long as you wanna hear itsad to leave the u.s. in springsad to leave all your lovely vibes n good wishesfuck it went by quickfuck it went by slowthanks tim powles for driving us round safelyok im gonna go n wander about the airportsee you on the othersidei hopesteve-0

2nd last night in charlottesmall theatre underpopulatedbut ones who there about 200 they lovely-ishvery kind very nice very fairsomeone with a strange cartoon voice briefly interrupts my dreami fall asleep midsongmy fingers my throat carries onmy songs linger in the stormy airwhy didja write em sighs the southern breezethe elms and the pineslovely broad avenuesthe untamed southern spring is busting out all overtruly some promised land but promised by whowhoever it was i can understand why why the trees are so thick upon the hillsand the clouds race across the unfamiliar skyand some things seem left unfinishedand nature prevails more boldlyit quickly eats up anything that lays untouchedthe theatre has a complicated backstage layout undergroundi keep getting lost in one room full of mirrorsafter anotherits time to goi gotta pack before atlantaour last stophopefully the best nightgo out in a blaze of good old fashioned southern glorycoz this will soon be the endpk n i flying out sunday from atlanta oknow i bid thee all fonduesteve-0