Having a three year old is awesome! I get to re-watch all sorts of movies from my youth. Even better, I get to re-live soundtracks again for the first time. Molly, is quite fond of "Matilda Song" otherwise known as Rusted Root - 'Send Me On My Way'
. She's very entertaining with who she likes, and who she wants to see repeatedly on YouTube!. She was first obsessed with Pokey LaFarge, next it was Matisyahu. Now, she is obsessed with "Make-up Girl", otherwise known as Florence + the Machine . But I digress,,,,
So after repeat views of Matlida brought Rusted Root back to mind, I put When I Woke in the wife's car for heavy rotation. We were giving the album the full treatment, windows down, volume up, and singing along. I realized nearly twenty years later, I still have no idea what Michael Glabicki is saying. This is curious, as I used to spend countless hours listening to music, reading the liner notes, and learning lyrics. I re-checked the liner notes and found very limited lyrics, and none for 'Send Me On My Way'. Even more curious is what is available when trying to find the real lyrics.
I first went to sing365.com to see what they have for lyics:
"I would like to reach out my hand
I may see you, I may tell you to run
You know what they say about the young
Well pick me up with golden hands
Oh may see you, Oh may tell you to run
You know what they say about the young"
"I would like to reach out my hand
I may see you, I may tell you to run
nobody safe, nobody on"
That sounds phonetically closer, but I can't imagine Rusted Root making a baseball reference.
Here is what I hear:
I seriously doubt I'm right either, but at this point we may not know. I was browsing rustedroot.com/discography, and was reminded of their debut album Cruel Sun. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, I was aware of this disc, but never obtained it. I'm guessing the lack of lyrics on When I Woke may be due to having been published once prior.
What do you think he says?????????
. She's very entertaining with who she likes, and who she wants to see repeatedly on YouTube!. She was first obsessed with Pokey LaFarge, next it was Matisyahu. Now, she is obsessed with "Make-up Girl", otherwise known as Florence + the Machine . But I digress,,,,
Rusted Root - 'Send Me On My Way' from When I Woke
So after repeat views of Matlida brought Rusted Root back to mind, I put When I Woke in the wife's car for heavy rotation. We were giving the album the full treatment, windows down, volume up, and singing along. I realized nearly twenty years later, I still have no idea what Michael Glabicki is saying. This is curious, as I used to spend countless hours listening to music, reading the liner notes, and learning lyrics. I re-checked the liner notes and found very limited lyrics, and none for 'Send Me On My Way'. Even more curious is what is available when trying to find the real lyrics.
I first went to sing365.com to see what they have for lyics:
"I would like to reach out my hand
I may see you, I may tell you to run
You know what they say about the young
Well pick me up with golden hands
Oh may see you, Oh may tell you to run
You know what they say about the young"
That didn't sound quite right, so I checkd another site. According to lyricsmode.com
"I would like to reach out my hand
I may see you, I may tell you to run
nobody safe, nobody on"
That sounds phonetically closer, but I can't imagine Rusted Root making a baseball reference.
Here is what I hear:
"oh me say you, oh me tell you to run.
mamadasamamadarun"
mamadasamamadarun"
I seriously doubt I'm right either, but at this point we may not know. I was browsing rustedroot.com/discography, and was reminded of their debut album Cruel Sun. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, I was aware of this disc, but never obtained it. I'm guessing the lack of lyrics on When I Woke may be due to having been published once prior.
What do you think he says?????????
If you're still curious... :)
ReplyDeleteThere are some phrases in this song that if you believe hard enough can form real words, but are really just made up. One part sounds like "Oohmaseeyou," and another like "Mamasaydobeddyalong." Michael Glabicki says that these words aren't supposed to make rational sense. He explained: "I was in the process of coming up with lyrics, and it just sounded so good and felt so right that it had a meaning of its own that you couldn't make better by making it a word. So I left it."
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