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Go It Alone Lyrics
I'm comin over
see me down at the station
by the lane
with my hands in my pocket
jingling a wish coin
that I stole from a fountain
that was drowning all the cares in the world
When I get older
climbin up on the back porch fence
just to see the dogs runnin
with a ring and a question
and my shiverin voice is singing
thru a crack in the window
I better go it alone
down on the corner
see me standin
on a makeshift road
with the dust storm blowin
in a long black shadow
pull a hammer from a coal mine
down where your daddy was workin
comb my hair back
strike a match on a bathroom wall
where my number was written
drivin on the sidewalk
lookin back and the sky is burning
in my rearview mirror
I better go it alone
see me down at the station
by the lane
with my hands in my pocket
jingling a wish coin
that I stole from a fountain
that was drowning all the cares in the world
When I get older
climbin up on the back porch fence
just to see the dogs runnin
with a ring and a question
and my shiverin voice is singing
thru a crack in the window
see me standin
on a makeshift road
with the dust storm blowin
in a long black shadow
pull a hammer from a coal mine
down where your daddy was workin
comb my hair back
strike a match on a bathroom wall
where my number was written
drivin on the sidewalk
lookin back and the sky is burning
in my rearview mirror
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I'm probably wrong, but I think this song is about realizing that you're no good for other people...that maybe you should take a break from interacting with them -- that you're some kind of liability.
Love it -- Beck just continues to put out great stuff.
Yeah, Jack White played bass on this song. It sounds pretty cool. A good song
I think I will go it alone, thank you Beck.
This song is about how the man is going over to his GF house and he desides he would rather "go it alone"
I don't agree but this is HILARIOUS!
I don't agree but this is HILARIOUS!
first of all the rest of the lyrics are missing rest of the lyrics here http://www.metrolyrics.com/go-it-alone-lyrics-beck.html
To me, it sounds like this song is about a boy who is in love with a girl that lives next door, or "over the fence". He is saving up money to buy a ring to ask her to marry him by taking coins from the wishing fountain, which he finds futile ("that was drowning all the cares in the world"). The dogs on the other side of the fence are a symbol for the accessibility of his desire. At first he climbs the fence "just to see the dogs running", but he is "shivering" and too uncertain to go through with it, so he decides to "go it alone". "when [he] get[s] older" the dogs are "standing firm". He's finally worked up the courage, but when he sees he his dream is no longer accessible, he again goes it alone. The story progresses over the years, as he is saving money from the well, and working at her "daddy's coal mine". He is trying to gain the money for the ring and respect from her dad to propose. But alas, he "goes it alone".
I agree with the above comment. Jack White from the White Stripes played bass on this song and co-wrote it, for those who didn't know.
I sorta agree with the first poster. The narrator realizes that it's better off for himself and everyone if he walks his path in life alone.
ahhh! This song is so sexy. It sort of reminds me of Grease or something.
"see the dogs runnin' with a ring and a question"
could be about a proposal or something.
"lookin back and the sky is burning in my rearview mirror"
The way he sings that... fucking WOW.
I think this song is about the narrator (Beck) going over to his girlfriends house to propose to her("With a ring and a question), and he's contemplating on whether he should just "Go it alone"
I think this song is about the narrator (Beck) going over to his girlfriends house to propose to her("With a ring and a question), and he's contemplating on whether he should just "Go it alone"