Adam Cohen...any fans? Lyrics I Love #5

[foxmonkey]

Does anyone have anything by Adam Cohen (Leonard Cohen's son)? I'm listening to a sampler CD I got at the half-price store. Sponsored by / produced by / made for Delia's - the title of the CD is Delia's Super Cute. Gag me. Title aside, it's actually one of the better sampler disks I have. Of eight songs, I actually like five:

Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)
The Getaway People - Chocolate
David Poe - Moon
Adam Cohen - Sister
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Falling in Love Again

Anyhoo, Adam Cohen. Looks like there's just the one album listed at Amazon (the self-titled Adam Cohen, his 1998 debut), but there's no price given. There are, however, fifty-eight used copies for sale, starting as low as 85 cents.

The song on my sampler is "Sister". I freakin' *love* it. The last lines. The way he sings them...mmmm, and the music there is slightly creepy and vaguely ominous, but so, so good.

Here's the story behind the song: "One of my oldest friends confessed to me, after having dated my sister, that it was the closest he could get to being with me. I felt great relief to document it, my own therapy for the situation."

Muy interesante.



Sister
by Adam Cohen

He's the kind of friend that you can always depend on
To never, ever let you down.
Until you least expect it.

He's the kind of guy who looks you just a little
Too deep in the eye
Whenever you say goodbye.
He looks all rejected.

He doesn't know
Why it's weird
When he whispers in your ear:

I really wanna know your sister.
I really kinda like your sister.
I really wanna know your sister.
She's so much like you.

You catch him in your room alone,
He's wearing your cologne.
A litte strange,
But you accept it.

You're not exactly sure
What lies behind the closet door,
But it's enough to just suspect it.

He might sit and watch you sleep.
You don't know why you've got the creeps
When he says:

I really wanna know your sister.
I really kinda like your sister.
I really wanna know your sister.
She's so much like you.
And I think she likes me too. (female voice: "Whatever.")
I really do.

Tries so hard to make me see
Just how close we all could be.
So he says:

I really wanna know your sister.
Yeah, I really kinda like your sister.
I really wanna know your sister.
She's too much...
She's so much like you.
I hope she likes me too.
Just like I like you.

Comments

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

I used to have that album, way back then. And that was my favourite song.

I've got a blue million dollars in Amazon gift certificates and I like Sister so much that I was prepared to buy the album unheard - I only do that for NSync, Dave Matthews, Live, JC and Justin.

Another music site has five snippets up, but sadly, two of them don't work and the fifth is Sister. I did like the first one though. I'm going to have to scrounge the used music stores, I'm afraid!

Did you like the entire album, or just those two songs?

[strandia.livejournal.com]

I think the whole album was pretty good. Not good enough for me to keep though! He's got a sexy-ass voice, though.

[foxmonkey.livejournal.com]

He's got a sexy-ass voice, though.

Yessssssssssssss, the voice is working quite nicely for me. Must buy album!