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Billy Pilgrim — Insomniac
Album: Billy Pilgrim
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5.9

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Released: 1994
Length: 4:23
Plays (last 30 days): 0
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I can see you, don't even know you
Falling into the sheets at night
I place my hands flat on my chest
I feel the heart beat back the night
I try counting sheep, and I talk to the shepherd
And I play with my pillow for ever and ever
I sit alone and I watch the clock
I breathe in on the tick and out on the tock

Refrain:
I can hear your bare feet on the kitchen floor
I don't have to have these dreams no more
Cause I've found someone just to hold me tight
Hold the insomniac all night

Dig my head down deep so I can't hear the cars outside on the street
And the stars are laughing
They get a kick out of my misery
I tried everything short of Aristotle to Dramamine
And the whiskey bottle
Pray for the day when my ship comes in
I can sleep the sleep of the just again

Refrain
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I dont know if this is a 7 or a 9 lol
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Used to see these guys regularly at Eddies Attic in Decatur back in the early 90's, always a good time.
Posted 4 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Terrible.
Remove all songs with 5 or less rating.
Your listeners have spoken - and paid $.
Posted 4 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
Oh dear. I'd launch into some long-winded notation here about Atlanta nerds and the Indigo Girls and Agnes Scott and the Billy Pilgrims (they're everywhere), but I got stuff to go do. 
Posted 5 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
When you listen very carefully... Not much happens - ho hum I'm afraid.. If you expect me to go out and deliver letters in the morning when it's raining, I want better than this {#No}
Posted 11 years ago by hidey    [ Reply ]
I usually do not log to comment tunes on RP and I am an avid listner.

Please remove this from the air. THis is so tacky.

François
Posted 11 years ago by flahaye    [ Reply ]
This tune needs to be put in a much more regular rotation
 
Hey Bill, drop one of your twice per day rotations of all things Pearl Jam, and put this - and others like it - in those spots.
 
 
Thankyouverymuchbuhbye
 

Posted 11 years ago by Steve    [ Reply ]
So it goes...
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Holy moly!!! This is seriously from the Archives. These guys were hot when I lived in Atlanta in the early 90s. That's Emily from the Indigo Girls singing harmonies. Those were the days of a very tightly knit musical community. Hope it's still as tight and as creative. Thanks Bill and Rebecca for the most excellent trip down memory lane.
Posted 11 years ago by Michellegoguen    [ Reply ]
 ufamsm wrote:
OMG, this was such an obscure song from junior high that was always one of my favorites. I'm flabbergasted that y'all got your hands on it. 

Doubleplusgood! 
 
I know! If they ever play "Kitchens of Distinction" I'll be concerned Bill's raiding my junior high mix tapes :) 
Posted 12 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
Excellent BP completely new to me love the amazing hammond organ and slightly androgyne vocal
Posted 12 years ago by TheMagus    [ Reply ]
The song name walks straight into the obvious comment - if I were struggling to sleep this dull song would deliver me into the arms of Morpheus right enough, quicker than a Mogadon tab. A nailed-on ho-hum from the first chords {#Sleep}
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
OMG, this was such an obscure song from junior high that was always one of my favorites. I'm flabbergasted that y'all got your hands on it. 

Doubleplusgood! 
Posted 12 years ago by ufamsm    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
Is that the Indigo Girls singing backup?
 
Yup.  Well, Emily Saliers anyway.  Thanks for playing this.  Nice track, don't recall hearing it before.  Anyone can play modern obscure bands, but playing a track from an obscure band that hasn't done anything in over a decade is way cooler.
Posted 13 years ago by berck    [ Reply ]
I love Billy Pilgrim.  I had "Bloom" on cassette, but it went the way of all good things in this place - got shoved into a black trash bag by our once-upon-a-time contractor and thrown away by mistake in the "remodel from hell."  *sigh*  This is a really great song - can't wait to hear more!
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Is that the Indigo Girls singing backup?

Posted 13 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Thanks. ;-)
Posted 13 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by eproulx: Man, I love these guys. I wish they'd get back together (Have they?). I'd recommend a song called "Get me out of here" to anyone who's not heard it before. Great piece of music writing.
Bill, Please play "GMOOH." :)
Posted 21 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Never heard of this group before but I enjoyed the song and I particulary like the Kurt Vonnegut Jr. reference in their name. I use variations of this name all the time myself for alias's around the web. Nice to know others share my fascination with this champion of the downtrodden hero in the book/film "Slaughter House Five"
Posted 22 years ago by 3Dave    [ Reply ]
This caught my attention... never heard it before, but I like it!
Posted 22 years ago by webdiva    [ Reply ]