Tony Gilkyson
&
I See Hawks in L.A.
From ANDRAS JONES: TONY GILKYSON joins our session with I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. and immediately I am transported back to the Iguana Cafe in the late 80’s when I was just starting out on the songwriter’s path and he was already a figure of some renown. Tony’s presence draws something out of the band and the room is transformed. He joins in on guitar, playing along to the answer to his own question about a particular snake of his acquaintance, and all that’s missing is a campfire.
THE LAST MAN IN TUJUNGA
Summertime is over and the hills have caught on fire
Santa Ana’s blowing smoke across this sunlit shire
I can’t remember September ever hurting quite this much
I’m losing you like all the others
But that’s no change in my luck
And I’m almost out of minutes
And I’m almost out of bullets too
There’s one more in the fridge
You must be out on the bridge
We’re breaking up and I’m losing you
Now the winds are getting stronger and the smoke is getting thick
I don’t know if this will go awfully slow or terribly quick
They say the flames have just crossed Foothill
And I’m starting to feel the heat
I can hear my lawyer neighbor panic in the street
You want off the phone
You want me to go
You were always after satisfaction
Wouldn’t like to know
If I’ll be here tomorrow
Please hold on I think the roof’s collapsing
Now the flames are licking at the gates
Of my own private hell
I’m the last man in Tujunga
As far as I can tell
Now I know this conversation
Is coming to an end
I’ll be floating through the ether
By the time you reach Marin
And I’m almost out of minutes
And I’m almost out of bullets too
I’m gonna shoot ’em in the sky
I think I’m gonna die
We’re breaking up and I’m losing you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsxB2utsyi4
