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You've been so long
Your blind eyes are gone
Your old bones are on their own
So take off your coat
Put a song in your throat
Let the dead-beats pound all around
We will go
Nowhere we know
We don't have to talk at all
Hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
The bargains you drive
Buckets and bags
And all your belongings
Your train's in the sand
Ramshackle land
Let the rats watch the races
We will go
Nowhere we know
'Til we find our one and all
Hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
Praises get spent
Your trick face is bent
Pigsties and prizes
'Cause there's no kind of wealth
You're suiting yourself
You leave yourself behind
We will go
Nowhere we know
'Til we find our one and all
Your hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
Your blind eyes are gone
Your old bones are on their own
So take off your coat
Put a song in your throat
Let the dead-beats pound all around
We will go
Nowhere we know
We don't have to talk at all
Hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
The bargains you drive
Buckets and bags
And all your belongings
Your train's in the sand
Ramshackle land
Let the rats watch the races
We will go
Nowhere we know
'Til we find our one and all
Hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
Praises get spent
Your trick face is bent
Pigsties and prizes
'Cause there's no kind of wealth
You're suiting yourself
You leave yourself behind
We will go
Nowhere we know
'Til we find our one and all
Your hand me downs
Flypaper towns
Stuck together
One and all
Lyrics submitted by Ice
Track duration: 04:47
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but the girl felt trapped, and so wanted out. she took a "train" out (metaphorically) but it crashed in the sand. so now shes back. she was a trickster, and a bit of a liar "your trick face is bent" and now theyre trying to patch things up, and talk about things.
i think it means that to everyone, wealth is different. you might think you have nothing, but somebody else might look at you and wish they were in your spot having the "nothing" that you take for granted. it is in the eye of the beholder. then, "you lEAVe yourself behind" means that you keep wanting more and more, and you get left behind when it comes to wanting to have things that when you get, don't mean that much to you.
Anyways, i think beck is a genius and he is one of the best songwriters i have ever heard. ramshackle is genius, too
That is, until you get to the bonus track.
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The hidden track on this album is called "Computer Rock".
It consists of a synth (Do-De-Do) followed by a guitar rift (Vreeeo). Beck is naturaly an experimental artist, that is why almost all his albums have an experimental track after a few minutes of silence. I know for a fact that Mellow Gold, Steryopather SoulManure ( I think thats what its called), Odelay, Mutations, and Midnite Vultures have one. I guess after Sea Change, he got sick of them.
As for the song itself, I heard a rumor that before Beck asked the Dust Brothers to produce Odelay, the album was going to sound like Ramshackle for the most part...
I think that this song is about homelessness, as well as hopelessness and the other feelings you all have associated with it. I read somewhere that it is about homeless people though. It makes a lot of sense to me . . .
After the last track ("Static") on Mutations there is a really cool song called "Diamond Bollocks." I don't know why he puts songs at the end of songs but Beck is awesome so I forgive him.