Mary-Austin Klein
&
I See Hawks In L.A.
From ANDRAS JONES: MARY-AUSTIN KLEIN is a painter who has inspired I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. to pen songs in her honor and cover their albums with her art. Mary (of the oddly placed hyphen) joins our Pop Oracle session with a question about the deadly power behind the landscapes she has devoted her artistic life to capturing on canvas.
LIVE AND NEVER LEARN
Live and never learn
Live and never learn
Good intentions are well and good
But they won’t get you out of the neighborhood
They won’t feed you or let you stay the night
They’ll lead you straight into a fight
Live and never learn
Live and never learn
Find another bridge to burn
Live and never learn
Well I try so hard to do what’s right
That don’t get me through Friday night
When Old Scratch whispers in my ear
And the Beatitudes drown in my beer
Live and never learn
Oh, live and never learn
In this bar that is my life
I scratch each table with a broken knife
Every sentence, every slight
Every way I treated her unkind
Every promise I knew I’d break
Every friend looks the other way
Every leap I ever took
Halfway down let’s take a look
Live and never learn
Oh, live and never learn
Find another bridge to burn
Live and never learn
