Case Study No. 2026: "The Lazy Librarian's Son"

The Foxymorons - The Lazy Librarian's Son
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Foxymoron playing at the Double-Wide in Dallas TX, October 16, 2010
Tags: foxymoron david dewese jerry james chad edgington brian fuzzel jackson chang live band live music rock indie
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Tell me, could you tell me
If I ever told you how it went down
How the tables turned inside out
And the Legos landed under the couch
In the house at Haunted Halloween
And all the points and in between
Were rollin' off the tip of my tongue
Like the lazy librarian's son
Who was never very good with the girls
But could sell a nun a string of pearls

Believe in everything
Reach beyond your wildest dreams
And stay positively clean
Just give one chance at fourteen
You gotta take it slow

Have you ever heard the one about
The one and only Strawberry Stan
A hero by his own demand
A needle in the garbage can
Who held the key to complementary
Self improvement holy water
Stir the sugar into the tank
And pour it in the ice cube tray
And save it for a rainy day
While you listen to the preacher say

Believe in everything
Reach beyond your wildest dreams
And stay positively clean
Just give one chance at fourteen
You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow

It might take awhile to realize
But I'm telling you with regretful eyes
Hold onto what you've come to find
As boring and ordinary

You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow
You gotta take it slow

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From pastemagazine.com:

The Foxymorons - Hesitation Eyes

On their third album, the Texas/Tennessee-based Foxymorons don't take many chances. With such effortlessly graceful songwriting chops on their side, there's really no need. Hesitation Eyes is a genial, charming record, conflating modern radio rock's winning melodies with an indie rocker's relaxed delivery. "Harvard Hands" pairs gentle country strumming with a mumbly Stephen Malkmus turn, and "The Lazy Librarian's Son" - with its dreamy reverb guitar and sultry vocals - is a little Toad the Wet Sprockety (in the best way imaginable). Clip this review for posterity. It's the only time you'll ever see me favorably compare a band to Toad the Wet Sprocket.