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 Marshall Islands and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Bill Near to the grime 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 Schoolly D. All the underground hits.
All Agitation Free tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nico record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Supertramp,
Harmonia,
Brass Construction,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Kayak,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ituana,
The Five Americans,
China Crisis,
UT,
Roxette,
The Saints,
Cymande,
Radiohead,
June of 44,
Ponytail,
Black Sheep,
Morten Harket,
Sugar Minott,
Slick Rick,
H. Thieme,
Bang On A Can,
The Last Poets,
Tropical Tobacco,
Sight & Sound,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
KRS-One,
Echospace,
Bootsy Collins,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Yaz,
Gregory Isaacs,
Make Up,
Ultravox,
The Victims,
Roxy Music,
Peter and Kerry,
Delon & Dalcan,
Electric Prunes,
The Tremeloes,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Albert Ayler,
Interpol,
Alphaville,
The Fuzztones,
Howard Jones,
This Heat,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Talk Talk,
Barbara Tucker,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Bob Dylan,
Flamin' Groovies,
Skriet,
Reagan Youth,
Brothers Johnson,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Toni Rubio,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Lou Christie,
Byron Stingily,
David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod.
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.