nothing has changed (Sci-Fi's Swing)

from Tribute Act 2: Headliners by the garages

original by rain (rainrain.bandcamp.com), cover by Sci-Fi Boyrfriend (sciencefictionboyfriend.bandcamp.com), saxophones by Rosie Drown

season 12, we emerged
from the same locker rooms, to the same damn fields
got on the same uniform as a decade ago
and on the way home, tot and i, we grab coffee
and i look out at seattle, how much is different
how much is the same

there’s a dog barking in the neighbour’s yard
that’s been barking for the last ten years

nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights i spent in houston
when i went to the bay and threw in a penny
and wished that we could bring her back
nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights we spent in houston
when we went to the top of the bleachers and yelled
“tiana, you were gone too soon”

my room-mate has this poster up
“come to the show, 23rd of July, 1994”
no-one remembers that year
and i’m trying to remember if i ever enjoyed this
my arm’s getting tired, and my back’s getting sore
from travelling cross-country a hundred days in a row

there’s a dog barking in the neighbour’s yard
that’s been barking for the last ten years

nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights i spent in houston
when i went to the bay and threw in a penny
and wished that we could bring her back
nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights we spent in houston
when we went to the top of the bleachers and yelled
“tiana, you were gone too soon”

nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights i spent in houston
we laid down a bunch of flowers
and flew out the following day
nothing has changed, and i want to get over
all the nights we spent in houston
you were trying to pass it off by sayin’
“tiana, you were gone too soon”