Butchie's Tune Lyrics
Don't show me an inn or a light to find the way
I ain't got time for the things on your mind
And I'm leavin' you today on my way
It's not for what you've said or anything that you've done
I gotta go anywhere anytime
And I'm leavin', gone today, on my way
I'm goin' home
Don't pass the cards to me to deal the crashing blow
I'll leave and close the door so you won't see me go
When I'm leavin' , gone today, I'm on my way
I'll won't give cause for you to feel we have to fight
I'll make it easy so that you won't really
quite know I'm leavin' you today on my way
And now I'm going
Can't believe nobody has commented on this song at this late date (September 2018). It's a wonderful piece of rockabilly, a classic breakup song with a fine vocal by LS drummer Joe Butler (who cowrote the song with bassist Steve Boone; one of the few major LS songs not written or cowritten by John Sebastian) and beautiful Floyd Cramer-style lead guitar by Zal Yanovsky.
@mbrachman A good breakup song.
@mbrachman A good breakup song.
@mbrachman Rockabilly? Hard disagree. Folk rock, yes, twangy, yes...early Byrds like country rock crossover pre-Sweetheart...even Merle/ Buck Bakersfield, yes. Rockabilly- not.\r\n
@mbrachman Rockabilly? Hard disagree. Folk rock, yes, twangy, yes...early Byrds like country rock crossover pre-Sweetheart...even Merle/ Buck Bakersfield, yes. Rockabilly- not.\r\n
"Hotter Than a Match Head" by Steve Boone. Page 62. Explains who "Butchie" was.