Corduroy: Lyrics
Rob Ranf
"The waiting drove me mad
You're finally here and I'm a mess
I'll take your entrance back
Can't let you roam inside my head
I don't want to take what you can't give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can walk
Guess I'll lie alone just like before
I'll take the verbige bath
But I must refuse your test
Push me and I will resist
This behavior's not unique
I don't want to hear from those who know
(I will not attempt this line--any suggestions?)
I don't want to wait for them to walk
Never would have known of me before
I don't want to be held in your debt
I pay it off in blood: let I be wed
I'm already caught up in that fear
I'll end up alone like I began
Everything has changed
Absolutely nothing's change
Take my hand
Rub my picture
Spill my tee shirt (???????)
I don't want to take what you can't give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't be what you want because I'm.......
It's supposed to be just fun
Live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned
All alone like I began."
This is combined from the studio version and two different live versions (the Bridge School Benefit, and Self-Pollution Radio). Reply with differences. I know I am wrong in a couple areas.
Rob
rj
Rob Ranf <76551...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>In response to the post asking about the lyrics to Corduroy, here are what I
have deciphered as the lyrics, in full (except one line):
>
>"The waiting drove me mad
>You're finally here and I'm a mess
>I'll take your entrance back
oh, take your interest back...if you think about it, it fits the theme...
>Can't let you roam inside my head
>I don't want to take what you can't give
>I would rather starve than eat your bread
>I would rather run but I can walk
>Guess I'll lie alone just like before
>I'll take the verbige bath
>But I must refuse your test
>Push me and I will resist
>This behavior's not unique
>I don't want to hear from those who know
they can buy, but can't put on my clothes
>I don't want to wait for them to walk
i don't want to limp for them to walk...
> Never would have known of me before
> I don't want to be held in your debt
> I pay it off in blood: let I be wed
i'll pay it off in blood, let i thee wed
> I'm already caught up in that fear
i'm already cut up and half dead (depending on the version)...
> I'll end up alone like I began
> Everything has changed
everything has chains...
> Absolutely nothing's change
> Take my hand
> Rub my picture
not my picture
> Spill my tee shirt (???????)
> I don't want to take what you can't give
> I would rather starve than eat your bread
i would rather starve than eat your breast (not the difference from the 1st)
> All the things that others want for me
> Can't buy what I want because it's free
> Can't buy what I want because it's free
> Can't be what you want because I'm.......
> It's supposed to be just fun
it ain't supposed to be just fun
> Live and die, let it be done
> I figure I'll be damned
> All alone like I began."
rj
jessica...@tpdome.com
i figure it's something about "...can put on my clothes"
> Take my hand
> Rub my picture
> Spill my tee shirt (???????)
i always thought it was "take my hand/not my picture/ steal my
t-shirt"...."not my picture" sounds very profound. although "rub my picture"
seems to work. and "steal my t-shirt" sounds like the way people take his
stuff, just when he's walking by. you know, like "take the shirt off my
back"
JessB
Caresse Leung
I don't know if this is an obvious one but I think "corduroy" refers to
the brown jacket he has and that line, "they can buy but can't put on my
clothes" refers to that thing about a designer selling a copy of his
jacket for $500 or something.
just a possibility,
cl
>
Trevor Walker
> In a previous posting, (jessica...@tpdome.com) writes:
> >> Take my hand
> >> Rub my picture
> >> Spill my tee shirt (???????)
> >
> > i always thought it was "take my hand/not my picture/ steal my
> > t-shirt"...."not my picture" sounds very profound. although "rub my picture"
> > seems to work. and "steal my t-shirt" sounds like the way people take his
> > stuff, just when he's walking by. you know, like "take the shirt off my
> > back"
> >
> > JessB
>
> Just a thought...
> Isn't it SPILL MY TINCTURE?
> that's what i've heard. But I like your interpretation.
> ...Just a thought
>
> SEE YA,
> AC
I think its "SPILL MY DICTION"
Listen for the 'D' after the my ... I think you'll agree!
Of course, I could be totally wrong!
T.W.
Jaime Frames
>
>Just a thought...
> Isn't it SPILL MY TINCTURE?
> that's what i've heard. But I like your interpretation.
> ...Just a thought
>
>SEE YA,
>AC
>
I heard it as "spill my diction," y'know, like writing down everything
he said. That's just what I heard, I'm not even gonna try to say I'm
right.:) -Jaime
Ryan E. Stegman
"I'll take your entrance back"...'Entrance' because of the next line
"can't let you roam inside my head"
"I'll take the *%$%^@%^$@%$#"... I can't quite get this one exactly.
Is it 'firmest path', 'varmints path', I dunno.
"Take my hand, not my picture, spill my tincture"...'tincture'--look
this word up in the back the the Vitalogy book. Tincture is a medicine
dissolvable in alcohol.
Ryan E. Stegman
res...@psu.edu
Susan Helbig
These lyrics are quoted diectly from the Internet PJ Songbook:
CORDUROY
The waiting drove me mad...you're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back...can't let you roam inside my head
I don't want to take what you can give...
I would rather starve than eat your bread...
I would rather run but I can't walk...
Guess I'll lie alone just like before...
I'll take the varmints path...oh, and I must refuse your test
A-push me and I will resist...this behavior's not unique
I don't want to hear from those who know...
They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
I don't want to limp for them to walk...
Never would have known of me before...
I don't want to be held in your debt...
I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed...
I'm already cut up and half dead...
I'll end up alone like I began...
Everything has changed, absolutely nothing's changed
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my teacher
I don't want to take what you can give...
I would rather starve than eat your breast...
All the things that others want for me...
Can't buy what I want because it's free... (2x)
Can't be what you want because I'm...
I ain't s'posed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began...
It's your move now...
I thought you were a friend, but I guess I, I guess I hate you...
JPnatas
FOLLOWER! I TAKE PJ 101 IN SCHOOL! THE CORRECT VERSE IS "SPILL MY
TINCTURE"!
- Loser
Allan Ng
: : These lyrics are quoted diectly from the Internet PJ Songbook:
: : CORDUROY
: : Everything has changed, absolutely nothing's changed
: It works better with :
: Everything has chais, absoulutely nothing's changed
I beg to differ: I think it sounds better the way it's quoted in the song
book but on the record, it definitely sounds like "Everything has
chains/Absolutely nothing's changed" which makes sense too.
Al.
Delilah Alexander
Isn't that what I said?
Later,
-Delilah
"Wake Up or Die in Your Sleep"
-EV
THE ADMIRAL...
January issue of SPIN..
Your Humble Narrator
I agree 100%. I probably don't have the best ears when it comes to
deciphering questionable lyrics, but I think it's ". . . chains . . ." too.
YHN
Douglas S Shepard
rj
msk...@vaxb.isc.rit.edu (THE ADMIRAL...) wrote:
>It's "Everything has CHANGED, absolutely nothing changed", I read in the
>January issue of SPIN..
and you beleive everything you read in corporate rock mags? come on,
listen to the song for yourself and decipher...
rj
SEGAL, STEPHANIE L.
ya well, that very same issue of spin also warned eddie that pearl jam fans are
ready to turn on them at any moment. believe that too?
steph
klisz brian r
changed". I think that says more in relationship to Eddie.
On 21 Mar 1995, Allan Ng wrote: