Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
I heard a song 'bout a ramblin' man
Bought a guitar and I started a band
I got a gig at the local Am Vet
And I was gone and I ain't back yet, yeah
'69 bored out and jacked up
A quarter mile that was all it was
I burned the cool off of that Corvette
And I was gone and I ain't back yet
Lookin' back at the moments, black and white
I wouldn't change a thing that changed my life
For the worse, for the better
Man, I was gone, gone forever
She was a cut offs pepper sauce queen
Man, we were matches and gasoline
First taste of love never will forget
I was gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone, gone and I ain't back yet
Lookin' back at the moments, black white
I wouldn't change a thing that changed my life
For the worse, for the better
Man, I was gone, gone forever
The laughs, the smiles, the trials, the tears
It's hard to hate what got me here
What got me here
She was a straight out of Hollywood smile
We missed it all by a country mile
Went out one night for some cigarettes
And I was gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone, gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone and I ain't back, ain't back, ain't back
And I was gone, and I ain't back yet
I was gone, and I ain't back yet
I was gone, and I ain't back yet
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
Bought a guitar and I started a band
I got a gig at the local Am Vet
And I was gone and I ain't back yet, yeah
'69 bored out and jacked up
A quarter mile that was all it was
I burned the cool off of that Corvette
And I was gone and I ain't back yet
Lookin' back at the moments, black and white
I wouldn't change a thing that changed my life
For the worse, for the better
Man, I was gone, gone forever
She was a cut offs pepper sauce queen
Man, we were matches and gasoline
First taste of love never will forget
I was gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone, gone and I ain't back yet
Lookin' back at the moments, black white
I wouldn't change a thing that changed my life
For the worse, for the better
Man, I was gone, gone forever
The laughs, the smiles, the trials, the tears
It's hard to hate what got me here
What got me here
She was a straight out of Hollywood smile
We missed it all by a country mile
Went out one night for some cigarettes
And I was gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone, gone and I ain't back yet
I was gone and I ain't back, ain't back, ain't back
And I was gone, and I ain't back yet
I was gone, and I ain't back yet
I was gone, and I ain't back yet
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
(Gone and I ain't back yet)
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Ain't Back Yet Lyrics as written by Craig Wiseman Christopher Tompkins
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