Plainskin

Taken from "Ask Them" 1999

"Plainskin
The faces hurt
Let down thoughtfully
Off pencil trails
That highlight the eyes
In partial truth
How investments win out
Or brought you over
To discover a trouble
Could pass for a double
And paradise brings back amnesia
And that should certainly please ya
Plainskin
Girl of the islands
As pure as I knew you were
A dark past is soaking in
And now is the crime"

From the great Lexo and The Leapers mini-album "Ask Them" comes "Plainskin" which starts with a little acoustic ditty (which Bob likes to do a lot) before changing into a pulsing rock anthem. The song builds subtly and sublty. Never quite reaches the glorious cresencdo that it promises but its not a bad song. Is it a song about a beautiful girl on a tropical island? For some reasons thats what I get with the lyrics.