Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from United States and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Delta 5 to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Deadbeat. All the underground hits.
All Newcleus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every ABBA record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Leaves record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Easy Going,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Theoretical Girls,
Godley & Creme,
Angry Samoans,
June Days,
Rekid,
Joy Division,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Electric Prunes,
Royal Trux,
Main Source,
Livin' Joy,
Isaac Hayes,
Reagan Youth,
Soul II Soul,
Country Teasers,
Pharoah Sanders,
Circle Jerks,
Matthew Halsall,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Young Rascals,
The Trojans,
Groovy Waters,
Agitation Free,
cv313,
The Smiths,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Tomorrow,
Glambeats Corp.,
Los Fastidios,
Jacob Miller,
Kaleidoscope,
The Tremeloes,
Hardrive,
Masters at Work,
Ossler,
Audionom,
Graham Central Station,
Girls At Our Best!,
Crash Course in Science,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Associates,
Marine Girls,
Index,
Lou Reed,
Delon & Dalcan,
Maleditus Sound,
The Buckinghams,
Japan,
Eurythmics,
Lalann,
X-102,
Boogie Down Productions,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Pantaleimon,
John Holt,
John Lydon,
Scott Walker,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Toni Rubio,
Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.