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I Was There Lyrics
Come on baby, hold me close
Let me do my best to both,
let me ride, let it roll
I was there to catch a man
I thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
Come on baby, let me in
You can show yourself to him
You can show me through the doors
And I was there, catching air
Thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
We was there, in the road
Picking diamonds from a tree
Heard a wolf coming through
Coming through and coming hard,
Tried to leave the heat and gone
Tried to lean against the wall
I'll be there, coming clean
Like a runner in the wind
Coming through the morning light
Rising in, in the stone
Tried to leave the heat at home
Running through the morning dim
And I was there to catch a man,
I thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
Come on baby, let me close
Let me do my best to both
Run through but cut close
Come on baby, let me in
You can show yourself to him
Ride the road, ride it rough
Yeah in the day I was gone,
Tried to leave the heat at home
Run through and run the road
I was there, coming clean
Like a runner in the wind
Coming through the morning light
You'll be there, on the floor
Picking diamonds from a stone
Looking through the totem pole
Let me do my best to both,
let me ride, let it roll
I thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
You can show yourself to him
You can show me through the doors
Thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
Picking diamonds from a tree
Heard a wolf coming through
Tried to leave the heat and gone
Tried to lean against the wall
Like a runner in the wind
Coming through the morning light
Tried to leave the heat at home
Running through the morning dim
I thought I had him by the hand
I only had him by the glove
Let me do my best to both
Run through but cut close
You can show yourself to him
Ride the road, ride it rough
Tried to leave the heat at home
Run through and run the road
Like a runner in the wind
Coming through the morning light
Picking diamonds from a stone
Looking through the totem pole
Song Info
Submitted by
iselluxerox On Sep 22, 2011
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I couldn't find these lyrics anywhere, so I did my best to transcribe them--I know some of them are probably wrong, but that guy's pretty hard to understand sometimes!
Corrections are welcome. One of the big ones I wasn't sure about was the second line, which I ended up putting as "let me do my best at both," but I'm really not sure about.
Really cool song that gets stuck in my head a lot. It seems to be a combination of a fugitive-type story plus a psychedelic love song. Love this album!
That's great! I can hardly wait for Baby Missiles.
great post xerox guy yeh its a tough one i couldnt make out any corrections this sung snuk up on me and i find myself humming it all the time these guys are really good not sure what it means i thought the part with the golve meant hes trying to catch someone he loves and when he thinks he got her turns out he wasnt really holding her but thats just my brain and whats going on in my life
Just viewed a live video, where the second line appears to be "let me do my best to boast". Also, he says "let it rise, watch it fall" instead of "let me ride, let it roll". Seems like he changes the words depending on what he feels like saying at the time. That's cool with me