Naked In The Afternoon

"Naked In The Afternoon" is the first track off Jandek's debut album Ready For The House released on August 31, 1978. The song was written by Sterling Smith, the man behind the project Jandek.

Lyrics
I got a vision, a teenage daughter

Who's growing up naked in the afternoon

I know a brother close to his mother

Who stays out late in the evening time

I keep repeating, it takes a beating

To grow up naked in the afternoon

You are a cowboy if you wear those boots

You are a cowboy when you wear those boots [3x]

Big time in the city [4x]

I got a letter

I read in the paper

It said a man was shot to death

It said a cow gave poison milk

Big time in the city when you wear those boots

I keep repeating, it takes a beating

To wear those boots in the afternoon

You call it a question

You call it a color

I got a letter

I think it's a vision

Big time in the city

I got a vision

I know a brother close to his mother

After the morning

You've had your rest

Well I got a letter

You are a cowboy

Big time in the city

Time to go naked in the afternoon

Take off your hat, take off your coat

Big time in the city

You've had your rest

I got a letter

You are a cowboy

Read in the paper

Big time in the city

It's time to go naked in the afternoon