Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 33-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
Drilling
Fishing for gems offshore
When the season’s right
Bringing back sundrop
Loaded up ripe
Drilling for the right time
Drilling for the right time again
Coming up the long way
On the north slope
Trees are fine today
Drilling for the right time
Drilling for the right time again
Running with your eyes closed
Seeing without hearing
The oncoming wave
It’s alright
Drilling for the right time
Drilling for the right time again
Time again
“Drilling” from Dovetail (K, 1992) (download):