This song doesn't sound all that much better than the old mono version because, for some reason, all of the non-vocal stuff (drums, bass, guitars, keyboards) are on one track and the other three are devoted to vocals. Why did I do that back in 1993?
So I can't separate and bring out the rhythm guitar and tone down the keyboard or anything like that. It's forever mixed onto one track. You'd think that with three tracks for vocals they'd be some hot stuff, but two of them are identical and the other is just Knees singing the obvious harmony on the chorus.
Written: Monterey Street, Farmington NM, summer 1971
Knees was just out of
the army when he wrote this song on the piano. He was playing in Durango
Colorado and into Neil Young and his old man songs. Knees wondered if he ought
to sing the song in a Jack Crabb-like croak, but wisely opted for a more normal
voice.
Brokenhearted dream
keeps me movin on
Brokenhearted frame of
mind
Will linger when I’m
gone
I’m not gonna be the
last man in this world
But even though my life
was sadness
I lived to see one
hundred years.
Brokenhearted love was
all I ever won
A brokenhearted life
And now it’s almost
done
I’m not gonna see the
last day of this world
But even though my life
was madness
I lived to see one
hundred years.
I fought the last
century
Livin fast and playin
rough
It didn’t last long
enough
And now it’s gettin
mighty tough
To even stay alive.
One hundred years old
God have mercy on my
soul.
Steaksox
