I'da Called You Woody, Joe lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Gaslight Anthem
Album: Sink Or Swim

Lyrics

I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance
Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head
This is the sound from camden town."

And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat
Tellin' me he's only looking for fun
This was the sound of the very last gang in town

As heard by my wild young heart, like directions on a cold dark night
Sayin', 'let it out... you're doin' all right.'
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
It wasn't just the same sad song
Saying, 'let it out, you're doing all right.'
And I'm doing all right, are you doin' all right?

And I carried these songs like a comfort wherever I'd go
They was there when my summers was high, there when she left me alone
Saying... 'the soul is hard to find.'

And I never got to tell him so I just wrote it down
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me
To this ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat
And a girl, on the excitement gang
That was the sound of the very last gang in town

[Chorus]

That was the sound..
I hear the sound..
Do you hear the sound...
I hear the sound..
Of the very last gang in town..

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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