in which a white corolla makes for good music

so, i really adore white corolla by casiotone for the painfully alone. maybe because it's short and sweet and gets right to the point. maybe it's because the video is flipping awesome. maybe it's because it paints such a vivid picture without smacking you in the face. maybe because it's so catchy and has the potential to be an ear worm. maybe it's because it reminds me, in a round about way, of times past that i'd never want to revisit, ones i've moved beyond.



whatever the reason - it's a pretty great song.

your little white car looks like a rental
& it's stalled at the sav-on, coz the starter's temperamental
call your boyfriend, it goes to voice mail
leave a message: baby, get me please

wait at the laundromat read a magazine
tear out the page with the picture of some shoes
you get impatient go to a cafe
see a girl from your high school but you look away

you take your coffee black the way your mother would
one packet sweet-n-low, one packet sugar
your boyfriend texts you he's sorry that he's late
he didn't hear the ring, he's on his way

you take your cough drops, you call them hoarse pills
but they won't help anything if you keep smoking
go to a movie, go to the rodeo
ride the train with the vagrants & watch the buildings fall away

(mp3) white corolla by casiotone for the painfully alone (via the bay bridged)

and here's the video, by the extremely talented julia pot: