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Vampires in Havana

by Justin Osborne

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1.
Jasmines 03:05
I had two days before I left for this forbidden island. I could've sworn that i saw your face and the leg that wears that flower. I've been waiting so long wondering where you'd gone. Then I woke up on the lovers day and I had you there beside me. We said goodbye in a beautiful way but the look in your eyes reminds me I'll be waiting so long. Will you be here when i come back home? In the meantime, I think I'm going to write my life down and send it through a wire; maybe you'll feel it, maybe you won't. I need to tell you right now that I'm still holding that fire. It's burning my lips from when you kissed me goodbye. I hadn't been here for a week before I ran into your spirit. "Como te llamas?" "Me llamo Jasmine." When the Universe speaks I hear it. I've been waiting so long, I don't know where this flower comes from. Your yellow flower has been following my tracks. Was it the flower or you calling me back?
2.
Way down south in Mexico City I stole you so I could pay my rent. I asked in a letter for $500,000 because your daddy is the president. Let's go down, let's go down to that muddy bloody river. I want to kill you but I love you, I've gotta have you one more time. Tell your mama tell your daddy if they don't want to pay your ransom I'll take you with me the whole world round. Have you ever been to Thailand? Have you ever seen Hong Kong? Have you ever eaten alligator? Have you ever been so drunk from this fountain of you, this fountain of illicit activities? I want to know, I want to know honey.
3.
Sister City 03:14
I'm walking new streets now, it feels like I've walked them all before; like all my friends live here and I'm a child reborn. All the sidewalks are crooked, all the streets are too thin. The moon hangs low as the tide rolls in. It's the same old women in the same old cars getting kicked out of the same old bars. It's a different time in a different place but can't you see the smile on my face? There's a bridge, there's a bridge and it's running through my soul calling me back to you, calling me back to you. I feel the same, feel the same; I want to feel it when I'm old, I always wanted to. I'll be a child of this city all of my days, I'll stay the same. I say "Que vola?" and I hear something back. I wave the girls when they smile and I'm glad. I've still got dirt on my shoes, still got smoke it my mouth. They say it's an old city but it's new to me now. It's the same old people with a different song, everybody's looking for a way back home. I want a little whiskey but I've got a little rum and I feel like the king of the world.
4.
Coffee & Sex 03:12
When the morning comes, the sun's shining through the window while you're sleeping...your body moves from breathing. Then that look on your face, the one I know all too well. I know what you're thinking. You tell me "No clothes are needed." Waking up is best with coffee and sex, you say hello with your body and I say good morning. I want to take my time, you're leaving soon and I know it's a crime but I'm coming in to say good morning. Water's hot on the stove, now it's burning over. But I'm too busy reading the brail bumps your skin has.
5.
Ride On 03:02
We all got in the van early on Saturday morning. We're getting out of town for a while, gonna go out and do some exploring: spend the night in new places, visit rivers and farms, pay our respects at the national monuments and walk down the boulevards. I think I must've seen it all now, a vulture spread on a pole. I traveled miles with my music playing, watching the sun paint the road. I've been to beaches and mountains, I can sleep when I'm old. But for now I want to keep on riding and keep my head out the window. We don't need to leave a message or tell them when we'll be back. Let them follow the dust on the highway until the rain comes and covers our tracks. When our stomachs start talking, we'll go out for a bite. Watch the colors of the late sun dropping and the stars poking holes in the sky. When that gas light comes on and its time to go back we'll know that the road goes on forever and home is wherever you're at.
6.
I can feel another one coming on, I saw it in your eyes and now I feel it in my bones. Have you ever felt this way? I can feel it now but I don't know how to say it. We were talking in the cab and talking in the streets; do you not mind it when I tell you have I feel? Can I see you sometime soon? I can't get my mind off of a feeling and I can't keep my eyes off of you. I've been drinking my fill tonight and counting my time, but suddenly I'm lost now here in the maquina lights. So you don't mind that I'm a little older than you? Can I get one last smile and a cigarette too? I guess it didn't matter much that the music was loud, I could still see your face there glowing in the crowd. I wish I would have seen you here before, now I've had a taste of you and I know that I've got to have more. Say that you don't have to go away to Varadero, I would love to have you here. There's not much time, you know, before I have to go back to where I'm from.
7.
Purgatory...Nassau. I'm stuck for three days on my way to Havana. I'm so close but so far from home, I've got to say that it's good to be gone. I wonder why I'm alive all alone, but hey man I don't know. I don't know. I can remember the beach out on Sullivan's, drunk and half-naked with all my friends. I can hear it, I can see it in my mind, funny how we separate from time to time. I feel the same with a brand new tone. "$70 for a room alone?" I guess I'll take it, I think I'll make it for a day or two. She's waiting for me, my love in Havana. I'll land at Jose Marti, I hope tomorrow (mañana). Oh god I'm headed back home, see all my friends and drink cheap rum. I can see you, I can feel you in my bones...but I'm pretty far from the farm (Puddin' Swamp). I'm in purgatory...Nassau. She's waiting for me down in Havana. Right now I feel like a ghost, I can't call or email the ones I love the most. But I know they'll be alright and so will I. I'll be fine, I can handle myself.

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Written & Recorded in Havana, Cuba.

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released November 30, 2013

All songs (except "Purgatory") co-written with Camilo Miranda.

ACID BOYS 2013

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Justin Osborne Charleston, South Carolina

Born 1987 - Puddin' Swamp, SC.

Founder of Sequoyah Prep School, SUSTO, Acid Boys and The Australian Country Music Hall of Fame.

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