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Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Lyrics
<small>everybody gotta run sometime, now</small>
I come home late, I come home early
come home big when I'm feelin small
come home straight or come home fucked up
sometimes I don't come home at all
what in the world has come over me?
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
you've got a heart that burns and a fever
you've got a worried and a jealous mind
so how can a love that lasts forever
leave me so damn far behind?
tell me now,
what in the world has come over me?
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
it's a'mighty mean and a dreadful sorrow
crossed that evil line today
I can't think about tomorrow
you see, I ain't got one word to say
so tell me now,
what in the world has come over me?
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
just to be on the run
just to be on the run
Lord above, I'm
out there runnin' just to be on the run
sweet goddamn pretty motha'fuckin' country acid house music all night long
Hank Williams on the jukebox Jack Daniels in your hand you ain't never goin' home
'cause D. Wayne Love he owns your soul and the barber owns your coat
your lady owns your key and the only goddamn thing you own is a guilty concience
don't give a fuck if the lights are low
and the ladies are leading you on
and the whiskey flows like the crystal streams they say flow in heaven
and the choir sings as you sink deeper down
deep, deep, deeper down
into the comfort of your own narcolepsy
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
come home big when I'm feelin small
come home straight or come home fucked up
sometimes I don't come home at all
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
you've got a worried and a jealous mind
so how can a love that lasts forever
leave me so damn far behind?
what in the world has come over me?
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
crossed that evil line today
I can't think about tomorrow
you see, I ain't got one word to say
what in the world has come over me?
what in heaven's name have I done?
I've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
I'm out there runnin' just to be on the run
just to be on the run
Lord above, I'm
out there runnin' just to be on the run
Hank Williams on the jukebox Jack Daniels in your hand you ain't never goin' home
your lady owns your key and the only goddamn thing you own is a guilty concience
and the ladies are leading you on
and the choir sings as you sink deeper down
deep, deep, deeper down
into the comfort of your own narcolepsy
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
narcolepsy
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I am unsure what the deep meaning is. What do you think????????????????????///////
Alabama 3 often does covers, but they're pretty thorough reworkings of the originals. This takes John Prine's Speed of the Sound of Loneliness, and changes it to the first person. So, it goes from being "You come home late, You come home early" to "I come home late, I come home early". "Well I got a heart that burns with a fever, And I got a worried and a jealous mind" becomes "you've got a heart that burns with a fever, you've got a worried and a jealous mind".
Alabama 3 set out to mix country music with acid house and techno. This is a stellar example.
It also works well with the overall theme of the Exile on Cold Harbor Lane album. Larry Love was running just to be on the run, until he met up with D Wayne Love, The Mountain of Love, The Spirit, and the whole First Presleyterian Church of Elvis the Divine (UK).