Garland Jeffreys - Coney Island Winter

Garland's new album "The King of In Between" is now available at http://www.garlandjeffreys.com. You can also connect with G on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Garland-Jeffreys/10650433053).

"Coney Island Winter" was directed and assembled by Doug Webb (who created Garland's Wild in the Streets fan site at http://wildinthestreets.info ) and opens with footage from the 1952 short film documentary "Coney Island, U.S.A." It also includes samples from a 1991 episode of PBS's American Experience ("Coney Island") and the evocative 2010 short film "Coney Island Dream", filmed and edited by Joshua Brown (http://joshuabrownphotography.com ).

"The video captures the desolation, but also the allure, the fantasy and the humor of Coney Island that still fills my memories," says Garland.

CONEY ISLAND WINTER:
Electric guitar, organ and piano: Mark Bosch
Vocals and acoustic guitar: Garland Jeffreys
Bass: John Conte
Drums: Rich Pagano
Produced by Garland Jeffreys and Mark Bosch

Coney Island Winter
Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

Vanity strikes
Humility speaks
Insanity lives on the edge of the streets
This is a story, it happens every day
Politicians kiss my ass
Your promises they break like glass
Royalty looks down
Me, I want to kiss the ground
Twenty-two stops to the city
Twenty-two stops to the city
Twenty-two stops to the city
Twenty-two stops
Freezin' cold no time to weep
Boardwalk's dead on a midnight creep
It's colder than a polar bear
But I don't care

Coney Island winter
Coney Island winter

Woman walks down the street
Tears come rollin' down her face
Frozen on her cheeks
Steeplechase, no time to waste
Heaven blessed, heaven sent
Hark the angels, can't pay the rent
Jobs are gone, they came and went
All the money has been spent
All the games are broken down
Rust is fallin' to the ground
They say they're going to fix this town
Straight from City Hall

Coney Island winter
Coney Island winter

Last stop off for the Iron Horse
Ride shuts down on a winter course
Round and round, round and round
On the Ferris Wheel comes to a stop
Standin' on Mermaid and Surf
Shutters have been shut
Colder than a knife that cut
Streets of summer
Coney Island strut
I'm on a mission of my own
Don't wanna die on stage
With a microphone in my hand

Coney Island winter
Coney Island winter
Coney Island winter
Coney Island winter

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[jbowen1101]

good stuff. Subbed

[gusthebroken2]

CoOl :)) gus ...hit the buttons ...

[aajad]

Fantastic video. Thanks Schmutzy! Coney Island in the 50s-60s was the best place to grow up and it will ALWAYS remain the same in our mind's eye.

[jcapezza10454]

just so everyone knows Coney Island wasnt always 'the ghetto'

[barrytoneable]

Great Song! Great Video.

[ecrocker1]

Wow I love how they melded the Old Coney with whats left of it now. AWESOME video. Thanks Garland for a look in to History

[Mantanhattan]

Holy Crap!

I just saw Garland on Letterman's show do a DYNAMIC live performance of this song.

I first saw Garland Jeffreys open for Lou Reed in Memphis, Tennessee at the Orpheum Theater I believe it was... about 115 years ago.

He was awesome then and he's just as awesome now.

[jimamia77]

Coney will always be crazy! The ghetto has it's own Six Flags! Gentrification met it's match!

[redpandagal]

Catchy,catchy tune! CI reminds me of Asbury Park... or I should say AP is modeled after CI ! Cool places both!

[mwarren977]

So cool to rediscover the unique artistry of Garland Jefferies. He is the most underated talent in rock and roll. All hail the mighty king of NY music.

MW Bklyn2LA