Story Behind The Song

This song is a series of film noir vignettes set in L.A. during a Santa Anna wind event.

Song Description

Jazzy minor blues.

Lyrics

Red Wind

Newspapers blowing down the street at night
Something's shaking the old streetlight
The sun is down, but there ain't no relief
That desert wind will make you grind your teeth
Red wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Mild-mannered accountant and his mild-mannered wife
Pass a hot night of intensely quiet strife
He turns his head, silently cursing his life
She stares at the nape of his neck and fingers the butcher knife
Red Wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Big Mike and Crazy Willie lying low fore their job,
Got an inside man at the store they're gonna rob
But Willie's drinking, thinking how he always gets screwed
Mike just sees a problem that might have to be removed
Red Wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Man on the radio's yakking about some distant war,
Here come the 102'nd Street boys gonna settle a score
Nobody knows how it started, nobody knows just why
But tonight's the night they're gonna drive on by
Red Wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Mel was an ordinary 46-year-old man
Until he started firing into a crowd at a Taco stand
Some boys they jumped him, nearly beat him to death
Police came, made several arrests
Red Wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Now Billie he's a junkie, he gets by like junkies do
Only lately he's been reckless, sharing works with Mary Lou
He ain't eating, he don't even seem to care
If that boy don't stop poppin' like that, he's gonna fill his veins with air
Red Wind is blowing, he don't even seem to care
Red Wind is blowing, there's trouble in the air

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Ionut Mirel Udrea	My Top Songs	11/20/2019