Wednesday, April 14, 2010

me and grandma

1976
i was 2 1/2
my dad had just painted
this old schwinn purple....
it was girls bike he got
used and cheap. i liked the horn,
the bars,the square back tire and
it's new coat of paint.

i picked the color and i'll never
forget how that can sounded when he shook
it. the training wheels lasted a few days,
the seat was also changed. at this age i had no
idea about cool or uncool.... a girls bike?? i was
just so happy to have the bike.


red zippup hoodie, wranglers, and clarks







No one knows what it's like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes



No one knows what it's like

To be hated

To be fated

To telling only lies



But my dreams

They aren't as empty

As my conscience seems to be



I have hours, only lonely

My love is vengeance

That's never free



No one knows what it's like

To feel these feelings

Like I do

And I blame you



No one bites back as hard

On their anger

None of my pain and woe

Can show through



But my dreams

They aren't as empty

As my conscience seems to be



I have hours, only lonely

My love is vengeance

That's never free



When my fist clenches, crack it open

Before I use it and lose my cool

When I smile, tell me some bad news

Before I laugh and act like a fool



If I swallow anything evil

Put your finger down my throat

If I shiver, please give me a blanket

Keep me warm, let me wear your coat



No one knows what it's like

To be the bad man

To be the sad man

Behind blue eyes

11 comments:

Mark Harris said...

Good to see your style hasn't changed much over the years. Maybe it has but uh..that whole full circle thing, whatever.

Michael said...

Wait. Who is that band?

Gofannon said...

My first bike was a old Schwinn Scrambler, one of the old Stingray frames with BMX shit on it and a big square banana seat. Kinda wish I still had it.

the Dutch said...

Max's been rollin with apes since you was shittin yellow! Was that in Pa er Cali?

drsprocket said...

I'm smilin'.

max schaaf said...

that was when we first
moved to cal.

circus leo said...

stylin since the early days....

Frosty Di Sneaumunn said...

It's not a girl's bike,
it's a 'step-thru'.

Robarazzi.biz said...

all the T's are sold out sold out sold out! i understand and wish to continue!

Fashion Serial Killer said...

I think guys should still wear red zipup hoodies, wranglers, and clarks! the bike was just a purple schwinnster.. get it?

Anonymous said...

I still remember the rubber smell of my first bikes tires. And the smell in the bikeshop. After somedays I played cornering my "motorbike". Swinging my bike right and left while the frontwheel was stuck in the bicycle-stand. Yes, that costed a ne front wheel-rim and a slap in the face by my father. The smell of my new tires on my thruxton reminded me to that last week.