The Swish - The Hold Steady

Pills and powders, baby, powders and pills

We spent the night last night in Beverly Hills

This chick, she looked just like Beverly Sills

We got killed

Tights and skirts, baby, skirts and tights

We used to shake it up in Shaker Heights

This chick, she looked just like Patty Smythe

She seemed shaky but nice

She said my name's Rick Danko, baby

People call me One-Hour Photo

I got some hazardous chemicals

So drive around to the window

She said my name's Robbie Robertson but people call me Robo

I blew red white and blue right into a tissue

I came right over the counter just to kiss you

I came right over the counter just to kiss you

Ginger and Jack and four or five Feminax

Psycho eyes and a stovepipe hat

A ray of light through tight white rayon slacks

We got cracked

Shoes and socks, baby, socks and shoes

We spent the night last night in Newport News

This chick, she looked just like Elizabeth Shue

We got bruised

She said my name's Steve Perry, baby

People call me Circuit City

I'm so well connected

My UPC is dialed into the system

She said my name's Neal Schon but people call me Nina Simone

Some people call me André Cymone

'Cause I survived the '80s one time already

And I don't recall it all that fondly

So hold steady

It was a blockbuster summer

Moving pictures got us through to September

They made a movie about me and you

They made it half nude and half true

It was a bloodsucking summer

I spent half the time trying to get paid from our savior

Swishing though the City Center

I did a couple favors for these guys who looked like Tusken Raiders