"Just Us Kids", James McMurtry, October 2009

James McMurtry atones for his sins on electric guitar in this live performance recorded surreptitiously on a cell phone and delivered by carrier pigeon to a secret transmittal station in the desert outside Socorro New Mexico where it was uploaded via satellite to an offshore web site where I then downloaded it to share on YouTube.
I've had enough of this small town bullshit
I'm not stayin' in school
I'm makin' good dough workin' with my brother
Cleanin' out pools
I'm going out to California
And man it won't be long
As soon as I get my license
Color me gone
Oh knock it off Johnny
Man, your livin' in your head
You ain't even got a car
And those chicks don't believe a word ya said
But you're doin' all the talkin'
So I just keep quiet
And this'll probably go no where
But I can't blame ya for tryin'
It's just us kids hangin' round the park at night
Hangin' round 'neath the vapor light
We got no drugs and we got no guns
Not even botherin' anyone
I don't have to wear a necktie
I don't have to punch a clock
I started up a dot com company
And man it rocks
Won't you come with me down to Mexico
In the winter with some friends?
My divorce will be final
Along about then
Meanwhile I got a gram and a real good ride
And don't you know I hurt way down inside?
Just us kids in the parking lot
Out here givin' it all we got
We don't want to get old and die
And there ain't nothing we wouldn't try
Ya know we could really have it all
Our kid's gonna graduate next fall
I could take retirement in 10 years
It's a damn short movie
How'd we ever get here?
Just us kids hangin' out today
Watchin' our long hair turnin' gray
Not so skinny maybe not so free
Not so many as we used to be

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[endofsomething]

This song is great, it reminds me of my hometown so much. It really hits home this one. Very good sound for a phone vid. Thanks for posting.

[PhantomEngineer]

@endofsomething - glad you dig

[endofsomething]

@PhantomEngineer Glad you shared!

[godspeed]

sounds good for a cell phone video

[toterola451]

I hear James keeps the nuts of people who get caught "taping" in a jar on his bus. That's probably just a rumor, though.

[toterola451]

"Impersonate Methodists". Too funny!