Pela's frontman Billy McCarthy was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California and dropped out of high school at age 16, after which he played in failed bands up and down the west coast, later moving overseas to Europe to make a living as a subway busker. He worked in 10 countries, most of which would have him only long enough to pay for one-way tickets to the next city. (During this tour of duty he attempted to play a restaurant in Italy dressed as
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
SONG: WAITING ON THE STAIRS ARTIST: WE ARE AUGUSTINES formerly PELA TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected]
WAITING ON THE STAIRS WE ARE AUGUSTINES formerly PELA
INTRO: C#mEC#mEC#mEC#mE
VERSE: C#mE I had a sideways stare like a signal flare C#mE She’s waiting on the staircase hey, hey! C#mE Got skin like porcelain, skin like porcelain C#mE Tips me like a domino some days hey
CHORUS: ABC#mBA But we could jump off of a cliff into a wedding ring
The heat pipes go off BC#mBA And our walls would nev-er sting BE But they began to ah yeah
VERSE: C#mE Got a small town stare like a signal flare C#mE And I’m hiding in the bathroom hey, hey! C#mE Got skin like porcelain, porcelain, porcelain C#mE Tips me like a domino some days hey
CHORUS: ABC#mBA We could jump off of a cliff into a wedding ring
The heat pipes go off BC#mBA And our walls would nev-er sting BE But they began to ah yeah
BREAK: AE
AE Well I can’t stand the record A Yeah, I can’t stand you breaking down E Well I can’t stand the record AAE Yeah, I can’t stand you breaking do-own
C#mEC#mE
OUTRO: C#m Come sit next to me E 'Cause I am not your enemy C#m I said come sit next to me E 'Cause I am not your enemy C#m I said come admit it to me E That I have become your enemy C#mE I said come sit next to me E 'Cause I have become your enemy enemy C#m Come sit next to me E 'Cause I have become your enemy C#m I said come sit next to me E Since I have become your enemy enemy