It's Fountains of Wayne Week (Part II): Special Tranche de Vie Edition

And speaking, as we were yesterday, of the utterly transplendent new FOW tribute album Saving for a Custom Van...

...I have this to say about a song that was NOT covered on said tribute.

To wit: The above features one of the Top Ten greatest and most poetic slice-of-life lyrics ever written by anybody who isn't Ray Davies...

Seth Shapiro got his law degree He moved to Brooklyn from Schenectady, '93 Got some clients in the food industry He says it's not the money, it's the recipes

He calls his mom, says he's doing fine She's got somebody on the other line Puts Coldplay on, pours a glass of wine Curls up with a book about organized crime

When it's late, and it's hot And a date with the Late Show's all that you've got Don't give out, don't give up One of these nights you might find someone to love

Beth McKenzie got the job of her dreams Retouching photos for a magazine aimed at teens It's Thursday night she should be out on the scene But she's sitting at home watching "The King of Queens"

There's something wrong that she can't describe She takes the contacts out of her eyes Sets the alarm for 6:45 So she can get a little exercise

When it's late, and it's hot And an hour in the shower is the best that you've got Don't give out, don't give up One of these nights you might find someone to love

And you're not the only one who's lonely

Seth Shapiro is trying in vain To hail a taxi in the morning in the pouring rain Beth McKenzie sees one just up ahead She cuts in front of him and leaves him for dead

...and that the video may well be the greatest in rock history.

I should add that FOW auteur Adam Schlesinger, who wrote the song, died of COVD in early April of 2020 at the age of 52, and that I hold President Donald "Schmucko" Trump personally responsible.

A fabulous track from the new album will be here on the morrow.