Earworm du Jour

It's not so much that this is stuck in my head as I just can't stop playing it on my collosal iPod.

Be sure, it's not THIS version of Green Grass I'm talking about. The one that's floated me to and from the El the last couple days is the real one sung by Tom Waits himself (off the Real Gone album).

Of course I can't find a single video with him singing it. That guy has a tighter grip on his musical rights than most. Just try getting into one of his shows with a ticket purchased off Craigslist, and you'll see what I mean.

Listening to this while walking down the street lends this addictive slow motion surreal quality to everything going on around me. Now let's see if it has the same magical effect on my work environment....

Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me

Come closer don't be shy
Stand beneath a rainy sky
The moon is over the rise
Think of me as a train goes by

Clear the thistles and brambles
Whistle 'Didn't He Ramble'
Now there's a bubble of me
And it's floating in thee

Stand in the shade of me
Things are now made of me
The weather vane will say...
It smells like rain today

God took the stars and he tossed 'em
Can't tell the birds from the blossoms
You'll never be free of me
He'll make a tree from me

Don't say good bye to me
Describe the sky to me
And if the sky falls, mark my words
We'll catch mocking birds

Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me