Ken from Apartments by Built Like Alaska
Ken was pretty much abandoned at the apartments by his family. For a time he was able to get around until his emphysema got too bad. He would leave once a day at around 6 p.m. and come back with a six pack of beer and some Chester's Fried Chicken from the Quik stop. I could hear his oxygen tanks wheels grinding across the rock parking lot. He told stories about how he played music when he was young but you'd never believe that now by just looking at him. Before he finally moved out, a daughter came back into his life. He seemed pretty happy after that.
Tracklist
| 9. | Ken | 5:32 |
Lyrics
Ken-
If you call my name
in a different way.
I bet the same thing
will happen in the same way.
If you call my name
from a different space.
The loving in me
will come right to place.
If you called my name...
My baby sees me as a let down,
and I kind of feel the same.
But, I won’t be held down by this tank, no
by this tank of oxygen.
Man, if you’d seen me play
back in my younger days.
Man, you’d be amazed
that now I’m tethered to this tank.
If you called my name...
My baby sees me as a let down,
and I kind of feel the same.
But, I won’t be held down by this tank, no
by this tank of oxygen
Oh no...
My eyes won’t be weeping, oh no
and my mind won’t be sleeping, oh no
and my heart won’t be bleeding, oh no
and my lungs will be breathing oh no.
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Built Like Alaska: a rock band from California. Surrounded by rolling pastures, a cold river, and stony foot hills, the band has developed their craft to reflect the scenery surrounding them. Bringing a rural perspective to sturdy rock songs, the music has been said to conjure images both "warm and rich as the central valley sun” and as isolated as a “mic stand draped in cob webs...."