Better Take Care of Me

Recorded April 7, 2010, in a conference room in Ichikawa City, Chiba, japan. The instrument is a kind of mouthbow, although it's not actually bow-shaped: it's one of these. Video of this same performance at YouTube.

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posted by flapjax at midnite (4 comments total)

BETTER TAKE CARE OF ME

when the dust blows through your teeth
and there's no more fat to chew
a hole opens in the sky
and the moon just falls right through
you better take care of me
you better take care of me

when you're all up in smoke
and the wind won't cry no name
when the chariot swings too low
and there's only god to blame
you better take care of me
you better take care of me

when the train has jumped the track
and the party's past its peak
when there ain't no fingers left
but the dike has sprung another leak
you better take care of me
you better take care of me

though the winds will have calmed
the floodwaters won't recede
we'll get everything we want
and nothing that we need
you better take care of me
you better take care of me

copyright P & C Samm Bennett / Directional Music - all rights reserved
posted by flapjax at midnite at 11:55 PM on April 7, 2010

oh i like this a lot. looks and sounds like kind of a cross between a berimbau and a jaws harp. it's going on my playlist. thanks for posting it.
posted by peterkins at 3:19 PM on April 11, 2010

I want to hear this song in a movie. A scene in which our hero is down but not yet lost.
posted by quadog at 1:39 AM on April 22, 2010

Totally cool. I was surprised when you started singing while the mouthbow was still going on and had to run over to YouTube to see what was going on. Crazy!
posted by Karlos the Jackal at 1:08 AM on April 25, 2010