Ra Ra Riot - Each Year (live acoustic performance in Golden Gate Park)

Ra Ra Riot recently (7/12/2009) came through San Francisco for their show with Death Cab for Cutie and Andrew Bird. In addition to playing the Greek in Berkeley, they played a live acoustic set in Golden Gate Park this morning to an audience of about 30 fans. This is the performance of their song, "Each Year."

Here are the lyrics:

Come on, force it down
Im imagining
Come on, force it down
Im imagining

Imaging a place where homes are built on frames
And where they plant new bulbs along our graves
With the fall each year
With the fall each year
Each year


And if you think you might
Yes, but if its not so bright
But if youre a part of my
Whole life

Silhouettes in a window frame
Better run if it's Boo's old man
He wont know if youre white,
Oh, in the night

Coverin' a fault with
trials and coy displays
Coverin' a fault with
trials and coy displays

If it isn't worth the time to
Find out how we go
About recalling all the ways
And the reasons are for
With the fall each year
With the fall each year
Each year

And if you think you might
Yes, but if its not so bright
But if youre a part of my
Whole life

Silhouettes in a window frame
Better run if it's Boo's old man
He wont know if youre white,
Oh, in the night

Vapor lamps in a parking light
You cant see when its much too far
All that mist in your eyes
Oh, in the night

80 years isn't enough time
50 more isn't more enough
Oh
To right the wrongs
What you're hiding in your back yard
Is turning innocence to apathy
And accusations at another man
Oh
'Cause you don't have a prayer
To put your life into a Christian's hands
Never mind what your
Daughter is taught in school
What she remembers is
What she has learned from you

Silhouettes in a window frame
Better run if it's Boo's old man
He wont know if youre white,
Oh, in the night

Vapor lamps in a parking lot
You cant see when its much too far
All that mist in your eyes
Oh, in the night

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ra ra riot
• each year
• acoustic
• live
• performance
• golden gate park
• Wes Miles
• Mathieu Santos
• Milo Bonacci
• Alexandra Lawn
• Rebecca Zeller

[ProfessorGlass]

What a marvelous time this must have been. Thanks for sharing!

[namchabarwa1]

you obviously have nbever seen a homeless person

[singingbree]

@TourdeWolf Even though they're all very intelligent, they don't ALL hold degrees in college. Some of them never finished.

[singingbree]

@farblonjet I agree with you in my distaste of "crusties" and hipsters.... life-stylists. But I've never known Allie, Rebecca, Milo, Mathieu, Gabriel, or Wes to look, smell, act, or anything like a homeless being. If they wear a ratty pair of shorts or a shirt that looks like it could be from a thrift store, it's because, I know from first-hand, that they get paid very little.

[theedwardcunningham]

bass players really shouldn't play open strings... but I guess since this is outside its probably a better idea to play it open... sweet performance

[isma1689]

Rebecca, she has a little error in 1:02 , but , she is a great violinist and GOD! she is sooooo HOT! lol

[NinjaCeci]

i wish i were there :D

[gabinomojarro]

bring back the mullet?

[Whitemalan]

@poopoop119 the bassists foot

[TourdeWolf]

Funny thing is I've met them and actually held about a 30 minute coversation with two of them. They all have degrees in college and they all dress very nice. Not like most hipsters i know dress.

[TourdeWolf]

wow i bet you're the greatest person ever...not