Guys on Every Corner
Lyrics
From the front door to the drugstore
From the drugstore to the bakery
From the loading dock to the chimes of the city clock
They're about to make their play for me
But I will rise 'cause I got guys
Guys on every corner
With your tabloid stars and your unmarked cars
With your special forces and your inside sources
With your radar fields and your riot shields
And heavy horses
I'm coming to swat you down like flies
'Cause I got guys
Guys on every corner
They don't look so special
T-shirts and tennis shoes
Blank expressions
A couple of Chicago guys
A robust East Bay delegation*
From the far ends of the earth
They have loosely gathered
To stand in doorways making small talk
About the weather
They look like nothing
They look like your neighbors
You won't remember their faces later
Run like rats, look to the skies
'Cause I got guys
Guys on every corner
Banter
- Audience guy: Wonders and Riches! [ed: this made me lol for some reason]
JD: Sir, I love you. Thats a really slow song. That belongs nowhere near the four spot. This is a song about how I have guys on every corner. It's called guys on every corner. (2023-10-03 The Belasco)
- I've been waiting to play this song for you guys for awhile. (2023-10-05 August Hall)
- This is a song about how I, unbeknownst to many of you, have guys on every corner. The song is called Guys On Every Corner. (2023-10-06 August Hall)
- JD: Peter, what if we, like, contrary to all my impulses did something with lighting? And then after 'dark in here' it went black and I said, yes, Peter, it's dark in here, and then we had, like, a thing? Remind me of this, I'm slightly vulnerable to the possibility.
Peter: I mean, we could do it now...
[crowd cheers]
Peter: I'm pretty sure these lights have switches.
JD: That would be so amazing if Peter had like, contracted with the lighting guy before this like, no, you will do a little banter, it will sound really real, and then I'll wave my hands and it'll go dark. None of that's going to happen. But this is a song about how I've got guys on every corner. It's, it's, it's called Guys On Every Corner. (2023-10-07 Ace of Spades)
Live Performances
Footnotes
- * Variant: followed by a cry of EAST BAY! (2022-09-20, 2023-10-05)
- In live versions the song typically begins with a cool sax solo (see shows from Oct 2023). Oct 2023 tour shows also have a harmonica bit from JD with the later sax solo