So before I post my whole bootleg here....

[drtchocky]

Uhhh.... the opening song at Bowery, anyone have a name for it? or is it a NEW new song?

Here's the MP3:

www.mediafire.com/?2nnamaq5yiz

[yesanastasia]

That would appear to be The Man with No Ankles!

Jan 7, 2009 12:25:11 GMT -5 An Amateur said:

My best guess

The Man With no Ankles

Somewhere between a window and my doorstep
I remembered what it was to play, to play, to play
Don't tell me you can't remember
A time before carnel needs
Turned us all into employers and employees

The future is a constant in the world everywhere
But if humans aren't predestined, the future is variable
Well I don't even I don't know what it means, don't know what it means
But a fine figured wife isn't how I'm gonna end my days

I'll do, upon, upon, your beauty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty
I'll do, I'll do, I'll do my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty

I stopped by the river to fish out a fiver
I couldn't stand to see my countenance there
Oh, as the water hit my calves and my ankles
To the back of my legs, to my neck, to my head

WAAOH AAOH AAOH!

I'll do, I'll do, I'll do, my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty
I'll do, I'll do, I'll do, my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty

I'd never actually heard it before, though I've read about it often. Neat!!

[drtchocky]

Knew someone here would know...

Cool... glad to have the opportunity to present a nice copy of one of the performances then. Heh.

[yesanastasia]

Yes, thank you for sharing it - it's really lovely!

[ben]

One of my old favourites exciting that it's resurfacing!

[neptune]

I'm pretty sure he's saying "our carnal needs" isn't he?

[ben]

This was always my take on it, but he seems to have changed the beginning of the second verse:

Somewhere between a window and my doorstep
I remembered what it was to play, to play, to play
Don't tell me you can't remember
A time before our carnal needs
Turned us all into employers and employees

The future is a constant in a world of free will
But if humans aren't predestined the future is variable
I run it but I don't know
What it means, don't know what it means
And a fine-figured wife isn't how I'm gonna end my teens

[etc.]

[An Amateur]

I'm surprised those lyrics I wrote had any accuracy at all, despite the song not being on the album. This version sounds much clearer, and so I shall attempt something more accurate:

The Man With No Ankles

Standing upon the cliff top hot and shirtless
Tried to think of something epochal to say, to say
Don't tell me you can't remember, a time before our deities!
For a god in our heads was a needle and a pin in our knees

The future was a constant in the world everywhere
But with Owen perforated, the future is variable
Well I'm still here and I don't know, no I don't know what it means
But my life can go on for at least another day, so it seems.

Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee

Was stopped by the river by a man in a miter
He couldn't stand to see my countenance there
Eyes scanned my body from my head to my ankles
To the blood on my hands, to the scar on my chest

Uh-oh

Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee
Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee



I guess you would call this "fanfiction?"

[Ren]

Why would you call it that?

[emilypoulain]

Aw I love this song. It sounded marvelous at the show.

[emilypoulain]

AND POST THE REST. I am dying and you are absolutely wonderful for recording it.

[emilypoulain]

Oh god I love that WHOAOAHAOAOAHAHA.

Ok I will be done, haha.

[emilypoulain]

Oh, wait, I guess I'm not. To An Amateur, I really don't think it is "Adieu adieu adieu, I bid thee" I definitely think it is just I'll do da do da do my duty" I was about as close to him at the concert as one could have been (thus a lot of neck-craning ensued) and he was definitely just do-da-do-in' it out.

[Thomas]

Jan 24, 2010 1:12:53 GMT -5 yesanastasia said:

That would appear to be The Man with No Ankles!

Jan 7, 2009 12:25:11 GMT -5 An Amateur said:

My best guess

The Man With no Ankles

Somewhere between a window and my doorstep
I remembered what it was to play, to play, to play
Don't tell me you can't remember
A time before carnel needs
Turned us all into employers and employees

The future is a constant in the world everywhere
But if humans aren't predestined, the future is variable
Well I don't even I don't know what it means, don't know what it means
But a fine figured wife isn't how I'm gonna end my days

I'll do, upon, upon, your beauty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty
I'll do, I'll do, I'll do my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty

I stopped by the river to fish out a fiver
I couldn't stand to see my countenance there
Oh, as the water hit my calves and my ankles
To the back of my legs, to my neck, to my head

WAAOH AAOH AAOH!

I'll do, I'll do, I'll do, my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty
I'll do, I'll do, I'll do, my duty
I'll do, d-do, d-do, my duty

I'd never actually heard it before, though I've read about it often. Neat!!

ahhh, that made me laugh. NEW MATERIAL FTW. Maybe Owen's Voice/Scandal At The Parkade will make it back.

Also, owen stated that this was now called Wella-Balsam reverie (aka Ankles). Unless there are two songs about ankles. Whatever. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME YEAHYEAHYEAH

[Thomas]

Also I ID tagged it as "Heartland 2: The Return of Owen: The Heartening"