We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

My 19​-​Inch Teacher

from Don't Read Between the Lines by Mike Starling

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

lyrics

Mr. Drysdale, Granny, Ellie Mae and Jeffro
Maxwell Smart and 99, the Green Hornet and Kato
That teacher guy on Kung Fu
How’d they get his eyes to be so white?
He’d say “Ah so, now grasshopper’’
To me every Wednesday night

My 19-inch teacher
Measured diagonal
Weren’t no Trinitrons or Sonys
And black-and-white was all we could afford

My electronic teacher
Beamin’ lessons from coast to coast
My ghostly one-way mirror
Feedin’ us the shit we love the most

I remember cartoons pushin’ all those Hot Wheels that I craved
Scooby Doo and Spiderman, Fred and Barney livin’ in a cave
My sister she loved Lucy, every day she watched that show
I remember movies chopped up til they were unrecognizable
To save my virgin ears, I suppose

My 19-inch teacher
Measured diagonal
Weren’t no Trinitrons or Sonys
And black-and-white was all we could afford

My electronic teacher
Beamin’ lessons from coast to coast
My ghostly one-way mirror
Feedin’ us the shit we love the most

Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Lakmann: trombone, bass trombone, horn arrangement
Hans Mayer: bass, Danelectro “scratch” guitar
Dave Purcell: drums, tambourine, cowbell
Jason Knox: piano

Words and music ©1992 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)

credits

from Don't Read Between the Lines, released November 10, 2023
Recording engineers: Hans Mayer, Jason Knox, Brett Huus. Mixed by Knox, Starling and Huus.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Mike Starling Wisconsin

Roots-funk grooves for a post-rock planet

contact / help

Contact Mike Starling

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Mike Starling, you may also like: