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If I Go, I'm Goin Lyrics
This house
She's holding secrets
I got my change behind the bed
In a coffee can,
I throw my nickels in
Just in case I have to leave
And I will go if you ask me to
I will stay if you dare
And if I go I'm goin shameless
I'll let my hunger take me there
This house
She's quite the talker
She creeks and moans
She keeps me up
And the photographs
Know I'm a liar
They just laugh as I burn her down
And I will go if you ask me to
I will stay if you dare
And if I go I'm goin on fire
Let my anger take me there
The shingles man they're shaking
The back door's burning through
This house she's quite the keeper
Quite the keeper of you
I will go if you ask me to
I will stay if you dare
And if I go, I'm goin crazy
I'll let my darlin take me there
She's holding secrets
I got my change behind the bed
I throw my nickels in
Just in case I have to leave
I will stay if you dare
And if I go I'm goin shameless
I'll let my hunger take me there
She's quite the talker
She creeks and moans
She keeps me up
Know I'm a liar
They just laugh as I burn her down
I will stay if you dare
And if I go I'm goin on fire
Let my anger take me there
The back door's burning through
This house she's quite the keeper
Quite the keeper of you
I will stay if you dare
And if I go, I'm goin crazy
I'll let my darlin take me there
Song Info
Submitted by
photocopied_heart On Nov 19, 2009
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To me, this song has always been about trying to keep it together in an up and down relationship, even though you have done some arguable things, which the house has bared witness to.
The house won't tell.
Just in case the girl finds out, this man is prepared to leave with his head held high.
Looking at the photographs only reminds him of his secrets.
I love the reference to the photographs.
"And the photographs Know I'm a liar, They just laugh as I burn her down" That is brilliant.
It's more about loss; narrator lost someone in the house and now he's trying to move on. In a coffee can- Throw my nickels in- Just in case I have to leave. from the first time I heard this line, the image of loneliness came to my mind. He's stuck in his lonely everyday life in this house with so many memories of the past, holding him back, making him angry and later crazy; contemplating leaving. Another meaning : the house is actually his own body. It is poetry after all so you can't take it word by word. This body is our prison [in the words of Rumi].
@KarenZevon totally wrong Richard Ramirez Night Stalker is who he's talking about according to Jermaine Jackson
@KarenZevon totally wrong Richard Ramirez Night Stalker is who he's talking about according to Jermaine Jackson
@KarenZevon sorry wrong song, I thought you were talking about smooth criminal, it wouldn't let me delete this comment
@KarenZevon sorry wrong song, I thought you were talking about smooth criminal, it wouldn't let me delete this comment