Too Damn Cold

from Nada en Fuego by Helium Derby

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One night in practice Drew started jamming on Yo La Tengo's "I Heard You Looking" with another similar riff against it, and eventually we had a song all ginned up. It didn't come across on tape as good as it did when played live, but we could only do so much with the time we had. Lyric idea from Isaac's off-the-cuff vocal when we first were jamming it; he said he was singing something about being cold so Drew ran with that idea and quickly had a lyric.

lyrics

Did you try to call my name
I'm too damn cold to hear
Too damn cold to feel the pain
The shame of living here

I'm calling out in my pain
I'm calling out in the freezing rain
I'm calling out, this ain't no game
I'm calling out, it's a shame

A backwards glance and I saw you there
There in the heat of the day
I'm stuck in here like a polar bear
Too damn cold to play

I'm calling out in my pain
I'm calling out in the freezing rain
I'm calling out, this ain't no game
I'm calling out, it's a shame

credits

from Nada en Fuego, released December 1, 1998
music: Drew Crumbaugh, Isaac Adamson, Sean Ramsey with an assist from Ira Kaplan; lyrics: Drew Crumbaugh

Isaac Adamson - bass
Drew Crumbaugh - electric guitars, backing vocals
Eric Gautschi - vocals
Sean Ramsey - drums, percussion
Ian Sethre - 12-string guitars
Todd Nall - backing vocals

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Helium Derby Chicago, Illinois

a brief moment in time, 1997-1998, up on the north side of Chicago. Formed summer 1997 when Drew ran into old friend Isaac, disbanded late 1998 when Ian went off to grad school in Minneapolis. They still had time to record an album on Ian's visits back to Chicago, however. ... more

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