Schaffino

“Schaffino” is a song by At The Drive-In from the release Acrobatic Tenement (1997). It has been performed live 5 times, between 1997 and 1998. Its live debut was at Second Time Around Records, Seattle, Washington, United States. Full lyrics are documented below.

5 times played
1997 live debut Mar 8, 1997
2,452 shows since last played last: Aug 13, 1998
41 shows, longest absence

Usually lands early in the set.

Most often follows Hulahoop Wounds (3×) or Communication Drive-In (2×); most often flows into Porfirio Diaz (2×).

Appears on

Acrobatic Tenement Acrobatic Tenement At The Drive-In 1997

Lyrics

This time I’m gonna take the collection baby
And with the money in my hand
I’m gonna purchase all the details
Scrub you clean with my soap opera chirping

Walking on tiptoed pickpocket fever
Racing up the scales of your thermometer
Turnbuckle tourniquet clotting the moonshine
Clotheslined seizures singing happy valentines

I’m singing happy, happy, happy valentines, yeah

I found feathers in your hit and run nest, yeah
Omerttas not a prayer on your rosary beads
I found feathers in your hit and run nest, yeah

And when you say…

And when she knocked me over
I looked inside the hearse
Sprouting chauvinistic swine
And written were the words
Poking butter with this knife
Allergic to this concubine
Racing by in a ’56 Chevy
And we couldn’t even pretend
To be alive…
To be alive…
To be alive…
To be alive…
To be alive…
To be alive

I found feathers in your hit and run nest, yeah
Scrub you clean with my soap opera chirping
I found feathers in your
Hit and run
Nest

Videos

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Studio & Official(1)

Live Videos(1)

Tabs via Songsterr

Performance History (5)

Date Venue Came after Went into
Aug 13, 1998 Midnight Sun · Olympia, Washington, United States Hulahoop Wounds Skips on the Record
Jul 27, 1998 Nile Theater · Mesa, Arizona, United States Hulahoop Wounds Porfirio Diaz
Oct 22, 1997 Boston's · Tempe, Arizona, United States Hulahoop Wounds Porfirio Diaz
Sep 24, 1997 returned after 41 shows SubZero · Seattle, Washington, United States Communication Drive-In Hulahoop Wounds
Mar 8, 1997 Second Time Around Records · Seattle, Washington, United States Communication Drive-In Initiation

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