It's 6:44 AM at the Highland Inn
I've been here since midnight
Another '40s film on TCM
welcomes in the daylight
I'm looking at black-and-white ghosts piped in from
another dimension speaking in gibberish at me
I don't know what they're saying
Another cocktail party, another sordid affair
in the hotel lobby
I don't know if I'm sleeping on the job or in a trance
just trying to awaken my cinephiliac hobby
by staring at black-and-white ghosts piped in from
another dimension speaking in gibberish at me
I don't know what they're trying to tell me
At 8 o'clock the boss walks in
picks up the remote and turns the TV off saying,
"Man, I don't know how you can stay awake watching this stuff."
I just sleepily smile back at him and grab my backpack
I've got nothing to say in response
I don't even know if I remember how to speak English
I've lost it looking at the black-and-white ghosts piped in from
another dimension speaking in gibberish at me
And if you go down to Atlanta, Georgia
and spend a night at the Highland Inn on North Highland Avenue
If you go down to the lobby at 6:44 AM in the morning
for the complimentary continental breakfast or whatever
you might see Vic or me looking at
the black-and-white ghosts piped in from
another dimension speaking in gibberish at me
Shana Cleveland's upcoming LP shimmers with the La Luz frontwoman's hallmark eerie melodies, dreamy vocals, and subtly epic guitar work. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 18, 2019