I've Got A Thing About You Baby
Das ist mein Cousin Hubert, aus der amerikanischen Linie der Familie. Hubert ist ein Autor des Exzesses, der Dunkelheit, der radikalen Empathie. Sein Stil ist atemlos, roh, ohne Gnade, oft geprägt von fehlender Zeichensetzung, bewusst zerstörter Syntax, und immer getränkt mit einer fast biblischen Intensität für das Leid des gemeinen Bocks. Hier stößt er auf "I've Got a Thing About You Baby" von Tony Joe White.
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| Hubert Buck Jr., the Brooklyn Buck |
Hubert Buck Jr. Writes about "I've Got A Thing About You Baby"
I mean goddamn
he aint talkin about a song, see
he’s talkin about a hunger
the kind that don’t let you sleep and don’t leave you alone
the kind that just sits there in your chest
like it bought the place
“I’ve Got a Thing About You Baby”
no he dont mean a thing like a hobby
he dont mean a thing like a record collection or a dog
he means he’s sick over her
sick like sweatin and shakin and wonderin if she’s breathin somebody else’s air
that kind of thing
that song—
that song’s what you hear on the jukebox in a bar where the light never changes and the coffee’s been burnt since '74 and the waitress stopped using her name years ago
it’s what plays in the back of your skull when you’re trying to say you’re over it and you ain’t
and you won’t
and you can’t
cause you got a thing about her baby and it aint no charm it aint no choice it aint no damn song
it’s a condition
and the way he sings it,
like he’s got gravel in his throat and heaven’s closing early
like he knows the cost and still walks to the cashier
that aint Nashville
that’s goddamn Brooklyn in July
no AC
three jobs
and a photo of her in the drawer you open just to feel bad
and the worst part is—
you want it
you want to feel that way
again
cause the nothing that came after her
is worse
than the hurt
(pause)
So yeah
it’s a love song
but not for the kind of love you’d wish on someone
unless you hate 'em
or want 'em to write
a book about it
like me
goddamn
Hubert
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