Yrael and Teja step through the door and out into a deserted alleyway in New Orleans. It's evening, here, around eight o'clock with the sun just having fully set. The people in the street before them haven't noticed them yet.
"All right... to find a clothing shop."
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Date: 2008-05-11 09:53 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2008-05-28 01:56 pm (UTC)From:"Iiiiiii ain't got the change of a nickel-
Ain't got no bounce in my shoooes-
Ain't go no fancy to tickle...
I ain't got nothin'
but the blues.
Ain't got no coffee that's perkin'-
Ain't got no winnin's to lose-
Ain't got a dream that is workin'...
I ain't got nothin'
but the blues.
When trumpets flare up I keep my hair up-
I just can't maaake it come down-
Believe me buddy, I can't get happy
Since my ever lovin' baby left town.
Ain't got no rest in my slumbers-
Ain't got no feelin's to bruise-
Ain't got no telephone numbers...
I ain't got nothin'
but the blues."
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Date: 2008-05-28 06:40 pm (UTC)From:This is not mere jazz; and he does not feel the need, either, to ask Yrael what 'the blues' is. It is more than obvious. The song fair drips with that feeling which is oh so familiar to Teja.
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Date: 2008-05-28 08:15 pm (UTC)From:Their next song is slightly faster, a walking pace, still with the ache of the second song. Still bluesy, with that sense of 'having been done wrong.' Alas, the song says, love is cruel. But we can't help it.
"Just as I thought I'd made it
You walk back into my life.
Just like you never left.
Just as I'd learned to be lonely,
You call up to tell me
You're not sure if you're ready.
Oh but ready or not,
you'll take what you've got
and leave.
Leave me alone with my heart
I'm putting the pieces back together again.
Just leave, leave me alone with my dreams.
I can do without you, you know what I mean...
I wish I could write a love song,
To show you the way I feel.
Seems you don't like to listen-
Oh but like it or not,
you take what you've got
and you leave.
Leave me alone with my heart-
It's broken in two and I'm not,
I'm not thinking too straight.
Just leave, leave me alone with my dreams
You've taken everything else,
you know what I mean."
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Date: 2008-05-28 08:17 pm (UTC)From:Something in this music resonates in Teja's soul. He looks at Yrael, trying to convey his approval without disturbing the music.
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Date: 2008-05-28 08:34 pm (UTC)From:"I'll find you some CDs of blues music when we get back to the bar," he says under the general applause for "Felix White," who will be performing next.
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Date: 2008-05-28 08:36 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2008-05-28 09:26 pm (UTC)From:The crowd is applauding, but isn't going wild over this performer.
Yrael means to change that, if one can read the set of his smirk.
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Date: 2008-05-28 09:31 pm (UTC)From: