Last Night I Rocked The Room Like Elvis And Had Them Laughing Like Richard Pryor - Jesu, Sun Kil Moon

It’s June 13, 2015 and I’m jetlagged as hell

Just walked in the door, opened my mail and there’s… something from Yael

The guy from Biffy Clyro says I’m one of the greatest… songwriters in the

world

And here’s some funny rant… from some… stalker hater girl

And a letter of love and kindness and affection from a fan… in Singapore

Ah, what can you do?

Some people love, some people hate, some of us walk tall

and proud and some of us slither around in the dirt like litte garden snakes

(Like little garden snakes)

Nature is cruel, look at the way the vines curl and choke the, life out of trees

Nature is beautiful, go out on your your front porch, smell the pines and feel

the afternoon breeze

(The afternoon breeze)

It’s June 13, just like it was… 3 years ago

When, I put words down to some music written by the musical genius Jimmy Lavalle

And my friend Tim had just died and everyone, was… goin' through hell

But now there’s a brand new June 13 and I gotta say that things are…

going pretty well

Todays my sister’s birthday and I’m gonna call her… and I know she’ll be

pleased

But I tired to call her but she’s not answering, I just keep tryin' and she’s

not answering

Ah there she is, my beautiful sister… and one of my best friends

She wants a copy of my new CD, I’m gonna send it to her on monday and I’m gonna

surprise her with… a rather large check

Now I’m off to Telegraph Hill, I need to walk to get back into the right time

schedule

I walked through the North Beach fair, still dizzy, I felt like I was in some

strange music video

I went to Molinari’s on Colombus and got the… Joe’s Special

That was Katy’s favorite, I always get that one in memory of her

Oh it’s coming up on my… 48th summer

A few nights ago I rocked the room like Elvis Presley and had them laughin'

like… Richard Pryor

And me and Steve went and saw the film Youth on our… day off in Milan

And Pitchfork gave me a 6 that day and I said «man, what took them so long?»

And me and Steve laughed and we had some salad and some red mullet, Carpaccio

And I hugged him goodnight and the next morning I flew home to, beautiful San

Fransico

Oh it’s coming up… 48th summer

And I’m feeling pretty good and my girlfriend will be here at 7 for dinner and

oh my godI love her…

And her cat Leona she’s a huge ball of fluff and I, could squish her to death

Her face is so fucking cute, I swear to god… I can’t even stand it

And this friday night I’ll be singing the 100th Anniversary of the Civic Center

in San Franciso…

with Chuck Prophet and Penelope Houstin and Stephanie Finch and The Kingstom

Trio, and Hello Biafra

And for the fuck of it I’m gonna read this nice letter from this., Singapore fan

He’s now the co-writer of this song, his name is Victor and he’s gonna get a

song writers share, 25%

Dear Mark, thank you for the amazing gig you played in Melbourne in March of

this year

I flew from Singapore to see you and I don’t know if you remember but we met

outside

I was weraing a Parl Jam t-shirt and you said it was cool

For me, you and Eddie are the best two vocalists and songwriters of our age

Thank you for allowing us to all move to the front of the hall when you came

onstage

Somehow the internet gave me a back row seat but after you let us move I was

right down the front

I love the new record and the way you are getting more personal each and every

album

I think it’s one for the fans, for the people that have listened to you for

twenty years, not for the hipsters who only like you because of Benji

I bought my family members in London four tickets for the Barbican gig this

week, wanting to get as many people I know to hear you and share your music

The main reason I’m writing is because of the negative press from the gig,

English press are ridiculous just trying to get any controversial story they

can

Anyone who knows you will know you’re respectful and they don’t get your sense

of humor

Don’t let it get you down, your real fans will always b here for you

Please keep making the music and touring the tours, take it easy and yes please

do come back to Singapore

Smiley face, all the best Victor