Odes to Joy

Odes to Poncey-Highland · Track 19 · middle

Down to Little Five

Adjacent — Little Five Points just southeast: Atlanta's punk and alternative heart, the Variety Playhouse, the Vortex skull, the buskers and the misfit market.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Meet me where the pavement flashes neon green and pink
Where Moreland crosses Euclid and the buskers own the street
Playing out a rhythm on a beat-up acoustic guitar
We’re trading in the skyline for a brighter kind of spark
You want the weird, you want the loud, you want the holy mess?
I know exactly where to go, we're bringing out our best

[Chorus]
We’re going down to Little Five
Where every misfit feels alive
Walk right through the 20-foot laughing skull to get inside
We’re spinning vinyl, chasing sound
The weirdest pocket in this town
If you’ve got a heavy heart, just leave it at the door
Little Five is calling you out for something more

[Verse 2]
Check the marquee glowing at the Variety Playhouse tonight
Used to be the Euclid back when the movies were black and white
Now it’s rock and roll ringing out into the humid air
Past the vintage leather jackets and the kids just hanging there
Grab a stack from Criminal, flip the records in the crate
We’ve got nowhere else to be, just watch the daylight fade

[Chorus]
We’re going down to Little Five
Where every misfit feels alive
Walk right through the 20-foot laughing skull to get inside
We’re spinning vinyl, chasing sound
The weirdest pocket in this town
If you’ve got a heavy heart, just leave it at the door
Little Five is calling you out for something more

[Bridge]
And bless the Junkman's Daughter since 1982
Selling velvet coats and holding on to restless youth
The drum circles beating right by the plaza tree
A beautiful collision of the wild and the free

[Chorus]
We’re going down to Little Five
Where every misfit feels alive
Walk right through the 20-foot laughing skull to get inside
We’re spinning vinyl, chasing sound
The weirdest pocket in this town
If you’ve got a heavy heart, just leave it at the door
Little Five is calling you out for something more

[Outro]
Yeah, down on Euclid
Where the outsiders win
Just look for the skull
And step right on in
We'll see you there, eventually
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