Under the Mynah Bird (Official Video) -

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https://stephenstanleyband.bandcamp.com/album/jimmy-the-moon

"Under the Mynah Bird" from The Stephen Stanley Band's record 'Jimmy & The Moon' produced by Hugh Christopher Brown. Featuring Hadley McCall Thackston.

VIDEO credits:
Directed by: Sean Ryan; Cameras: Sean Ryan, Attila Baraczka, Alisa Stanley; Edited by: Sean Ryan; Hair/Make-Up: Alisa Stanley; Filmed at Sauce on the Danforth in Toronto.

The Stephen Stanley Band:
Stephen Stanley – Songs, Vocals & Guitar; Chris Bennett –Guitars & Vocals; Cam Pyziak – Drums; Chris Rellinger – Bass Guitar

UNDER THE MYNAH BIRD - written by Stephen Stanley

He wasn’t busy being born, but he didn’t want to stay at home
Things were moving faster than the days were flying by
And it seemed like a disaster, when the bank put you to pasture
But you came up with a new plan in the blinking of an eye

Took a job as a stock boy in a sporting goods store
Because shutting it down wasn’t something you were made for

You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
More than a memory fades under the Mynah Bird
You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
And didn’t know the trail you blazed

A naked singer sings a funeral song and the go-go dancers dance along
A glass box gimmick hanging out over Yorkville’s avenues
Neil Young and Rick James played there then they stole the name
Long before the Super Freak and the Buffalo Springfield

A scene was blowing up as you were breaking down
I wonder if you ever stopped to listen to that sound

You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
More than a memory fades under the Mynah Bird
You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
And didn’t know the trail you blazed

I hope you weren’t like Syl Apps and his truncheon army gas masks
Filling wagons with the voices of a city being born
And I’d like to think you heard something, even just the floor boards thumpin’
After-hours in the basement filling shelves down in the store

A scene was blowing up as you were breaking down
I gotta think you must have stopped to listen to that sound

You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
More than a memory fades under the Mynah Bird
You spent your last days under the Mynah Bird
And didn’t know the trail you blazed