A town of disrespect
The trains are wrecked
The night is younger than us
Nowhere is anywhere else
You keep to yourself
Stirring the dregs where I have laid
The exit signs are flashing
Dead ends they won't come to life anymore
I pledge the rest
I should have guessed
Your love was hanging by threads
Tongues tied under the moon
My love is a room of broken bottles and tangled webs
The misers wind their minds
Like clocks that grind their gears on and on
And if it's meant
Some accident
Some coincidence
Crumbs fall out of the sky when you wander by
The dust clouds blow but nobody's home
Oh won't you lay my bags
Upon on the funeral fire and sing it again
Oh won't you lay my bags
Upon on the funeral fire and sing it again
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NOTES:
Originally written for Johnny Cash, but Beck ended up keeping it for himself. Cash eventually covered "Rowboat."
APPEARS ON:
Mutations
YEAR RELEASED:
1998
DATE RECORDED:
March 19th 1998 - April 3rd 1998
LENGTH:
4:19
WRITTEN BY:
Beck Hansen
PRODUCED BY:
Nigel Godrich
Beck Hansen
ENGINEERED BY:
Nigel Godrich
ASSISTANT ENGINEER:
John Sorensen
MIXED BY:
Nigel Godrich
MASTERED BY:
Bob Ludwig
STUDIO:
Ocean Way Studios
PERFORMERS:
Beck Hansen
Vocals, Harmonica
Roger Manning, Jr.
Piano
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Upright Bass
Joey Waronker
Drums
Smokey Hormel
Guitar
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