Idiot Kiss

from le Main Drag by The Bon Mots

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Idiot Kiss

Just before daybreak
As the eavesdroppers crawled out
I saw a little doubt
Creep into the corners of your mouth

Not really digging your new mantra
Now I"m not digging my new mantra too
Don't like jokes
Jokes are too funny
Jokes don't tell me what I should do

Should I jump on in line
For the hots pants insurrection
Free your mind
Free yourself from my inspection
You're feeling fine
Got your eyes beyond the fences
It's no crime
Just some trumped up false pretenses

Read your red book at my own peril
Red book burning in the back of my mind
Red book dawning with the word eternal
Red book burning in the red book light

So if ignorance is bliss
Come on baby flip the switch
Give me that idiot kiss
Turn off my mind take a trip
Got a hot wire to my spine
Got me livid with desire
Come on, come on
Give me that idiot kiss

Lying in the dirt
On the back of my high horse
High horse riding in to waste the day
Can't stop talking
Now you're making me nervous
Can't stop walking like a talking cliche

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from le Main Drag, released November 5, 2003

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The Bon Mots Chicago, Illinois

SPIN: Bon Mots are one of the most promising new bands out there. A-

JIM DEROGATIS: Jangly psychedelic/power-pop draws on Byrds and Zombies but rises to the top of this always-overcrowded genre by virtue of strong songwriting, swirling production.

AMPLIFIER: Understated irony frequently underscores bittersweet melodies.

ALL MUSIC GUIDE: Bon Mots just may be Chicago's best-kept secret. ... more

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