Murakami - Jason Reeves

I found you today

While I was reading Patti Smith

And she mentioned your name

So I drove to the store

And I bought a copy of

The Wind-Up Bird and let it rain

Town like Japan, sipping sencha

On the train to Kyoto on Saturday

Wondering through the Fushimi gates

Murakami, you paint real life

On a snow white empty page

Like origami, you fold your light

In a brand new ancient away

And I know your pen is mightier

Than a Samurai’s sword

It’s diamond sharpened

Murakami, your words inspire

From an island far away

You sound like a symphony, yeah

You sound like a symphony, yeah

I chased that sheep

All the way out to Hokkaido

I couldn’t find a thing

Anywhere and I felt so alone

That I traveled back to Tokyo

To walk those neon streets

Weaving like lines

That you drew in silence

While your Boer

And Bernstein vinyl played

Listening to every mark they made

Murakami, you paint real life

On a snow white empty page

Like origami, you fold your light

In a brand new ancient way

And I know your pen is mightier

Than a Samurai’s sword

It’s diamond sharpened

Murakami, your words inspire

From an island far away

You sound like a symphony, yeah

You sound like a symphony, yeah

And I wonder what would men do without women

Would we live in caves and go for days

Without a shave just watching television

All alone, staring at the phone just wishing

Someone else was home

Murakami, you paint real life

On a snow white empty page

Like origami, you fold your light

In a brand new ancient way

And I know your pen is mightier

Than a Samurai’s sword

It’s diamond sharpened

Murakami, your words inspire

From an island far away

You sound like a symphony, yeah

You sound like a symphony, yeah

You sound like a symphony, yeah

You sound like a symphony, yeah