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Gasoline Alley Lyrics
I think I know now what's making me sad
It's a yearnin' for my own back yard
I realize maybe I was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride
Going home, running home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born
When the weather's better and the rails unfreeze
and the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
I'll be home before the milk's upon the door
Going home, running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born
But if anything should happen and my plans go wrong
Should I stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I'd be singing in my alley if I could
And if I'm called away and it's my turn to go
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor I'll be asking of you
Don't bury me here, it's too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, won't you carry me home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
It's a yearnin' for my own back yard
I realize maybe I was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born
and the wind don't whistle 'round my knees
I'll put on my weddin' suit and catch the evening train
I'll be home before the milk's upon the door
down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I'm running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born
Should I stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I'd be singing in my alley if I could
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor I'll be asking of you
Don't bury me here, it's too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, won't you carry me home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
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This is one of the more beautiful, haunting ballads from the early 70\'s.The slide, and multiple guitar parts, they integrate so beautifully. Rod\'s voice is staggeringly good here. \n\nThe lyrics fill me with a melancholy and a yearning. Going home, carry me home. Take me back, carry me back. It fills me. \n\nThe final long howl at the end. it never fails to bring a tingle down the length of my spine. It\'s really something else. \n\nThis is a beautiful number. From around 1970 or so, to 1975 or thereabouts, Rod Stewart had one of the greatest careers in the history of rock and roll. Between the solo albums he did for Mercury, and the albums he cut with the Faces, few singers have had a more stand out career. Taken together, it\'s some of the greatest rock music ever made. This track is a prime example of that.
No comments? Oh well, this is the only song by Rod Stewart that I like (not to mention Do Ya Think I'm Sexy 'cause I find that one hilarious). It took quite a long time to find out the name of this song...