Mac
The Gumshoe is the companion piece to The Watcher. The Gumshoe is loosely based on the character Harry Caul played by Gene Hackman in the early 70’s film The Conversation. In the vocals, I tried my best to channel Tom Waits but I quit smoking cigarettes years ago and I don’t really like drinking whiskey.
Brad
This was another attempt to write a piece in a specific style or genre – Film Noir. The title kind of says it all but if you need a little extra imagery just picture Humphrey Bogart leaning up against a lamp post, Fedora pulled down, lighting a cigarette; shiny streets, steam hovering over manhole covers, neon light blinking in the background. That should do it.
The captain’s gonna kill me If I can’t crack this case
And if he don’t get me Donny will cause I think he made my face
As soon as this is over
I’m givin’ up the gun
But first I gotta make it to the morning sun
What a waste of moonlight it hides behind a cloud
And this suits too tight and in a certain light looks like a funeral shroud
These boys are desperado but they’re not ready for a fight
And the first one in is gonna win
And we’re goin in tonight
I bought a place in Juarez on the quiet side of town
A garden by a pool Acacias all around
And no ones gonna find me They’ll never know my name
I’ll disappear like dust
After the rain
This alleys like an oven and we’re turnin up the heat
There’s a Caddy with it’s lights off
And it’s sneakin’ down the street
I’m sensitive to light that why I wear these shades
And that wire runnin’ up my back
It cuts my shoulder blade
But I heard every word every move they made and how
Guess this ain’t no game cause no ones laughin now
You might find yourself in Juarez on the quiet side of town
In a garden by a pool Acacias all around
And no ones gonna find you they’ll never know your name
You’ll disappear like dust
After the rain
There’s evil and there’s angels
Guess I fell somewhere in between
But in my side of the story
My hands are clean