welcome to july (the fifth installment)

i really am trying

Hello all! I hope you are all enjoying the stripped version of Blue Green Party Scene!!

While still recorded by (and featuring the wonderful guitar of) Jo Krieger, this version of the song is mixed and mastered by the incredible Kayla Blackburn!! She just released her debut single, “Village,” on June 20th and it is absolutely amazing.

For today, I offer you a portal to another world… the response to Leather Jacket Cruise Control: “I Really Am Trying.” Lyrics below.

Waiting on too short of a response time

Consider alternate ends and trash them all

You can only succeed the old fashioned way

For a dollar and a dirty tray from the mess hall

I understand you a lot better now

Ever so judgemental on your feet

Hang your leather jacket on the hook again

It satisfies me much to watch it sink

Hang on, why’s the picture changing?

You’re still just the same old ragin’

And the worst part is, I really am trying

I really am trying

Call the other line and then you cut it

I do the same to you and watch you gasp

We bite each other’s hands but still keep feeding

Who cares about a little bleeding so long’s we’re not gutted

You understand me a lot less now

The farther I go down, the less you see

Hang your leather jacket on the hook again

Watch as I then put it onto me

Hold on, why’s the picture changing?

We’re still on the same old ragin’

And the worst part is, I really am trying

I really am trying

I really am trying to recognize

See the pattern with my own two eyes

But who says I’ll try to change it

The best you’ll get’s premeditated, by the way

I’ve got a pot of coffee on, you know it’d do me some good now if you stayed

Love, Lesbiana

PS: I made a little cover of “Back into the Blue” for Z Berg’s birthday, check it out here