Green of My Pants

Lyrics

In leather weather Leather trees are gone Does the oriole remember? The moss and vulture Imagine that To run for cheese Angels over Bethlehem Suspended in the sky are wearing halos

I go to the Delman on Sunday The aisles are leading me to the screen Balcony behind my back Exits outside my eyes Sometimes I catch the matinée And I see the feature twice by staying in there

Chronology

• The bassline appears in "Nickle Niceness" from the demos for the Parable of Arable Land
• God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
  • Mayo Thompson - vocals, guitar
  • Steve Cunningham - bass
  • Tommy Smith - drums
  • Recorded February 12, 1968

Retrospectives

Mayo Thompson, 2010

Back in the day in Houston, there used to be a theater on the corner of Main Street and Richmond Avenue that was called the Delman. I lived around the corner from that theater, and I used to go there every Saturday to the movies.

Interpretations

• A phrase similar to the song's title appeared in Frederick Barthelme's 1970 book Rangoon: "Over his shoulders dressed in pale green Ollie wore a shirt. The green of his pants was tight on his legs."
• The Delman theater opened in 1934 and was demolished in 2002.