[ti:The Swish] [ar:The Hold Steady] [al:The Best Of Frenchkiss Records] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Swish - The Hold Steady [00:51.29]Pills and powders baby powders and pills [00:54.41]We spent the night last night in Beverly Hills [00:57.87]There was this chick that looked like Beverly Sills [01:00.58]We got killed [01:04.84]Tights and skirts baby skirts and tights [01:08.40]We used to shake it up in shaker heights [01:11.59]There was this chick she looked like Patty Smythe [01:14.65]She seemed seemed shaky but nice [01:21.03]She said my name is Rick Danko but people call me one-hour photo [01:27.06]I've got some hazardous chemicals [01:30.20]Drive around to the window [01:34.30]She said my name is Robbie Robertson but people call me robo [01:39.56]I blew red white and blue right into a tissue [01:42.81]I came right over the counter just to kiss you [02:13.18]Ginger and jack and four or five feminax [02:16.62]Psycho eyes and a stovepipe hat a ray of light in white rayon slacks [02:23.24]We got cracked shoes and socks baby socks and shoes [02:30.02]We spent the night last night in Newport News [02:33.30]This chick she looked just like Elizabeth Shue [02:36.55]We got bruised [02:42.55]She said my name is Steve Perry but people call me Circuit City [02:49.05]I'm so well connected my UPC is dialed into the system [02:56.02]She said my name's Neil Schon but some people call me Nina Simone [03:01.40]Some people call me Andre Cymone [03:04.58]I've survived the eighties one time already [03:11.78]And I don't recall them all that fondly [03:33.01]It was a blockbuster summer [03:36.27]Moving pictures helped us get through to September [03:40.02]They made a movie about me and you it was half nude and half true [03:47.06]It was a bloodsucking summer [03:49.39]I spent half the time trying to get paid from our savior [03:54.32]Swishing though the city center [03:56.72]I did a couple favors for some guys who looked like Tuscan raiders