Name: Going My Way
Duration: P00H04M20S
Description: Lost in the Western Desert of Egypt, Mason thinks he spots a camel and tries to flag a ride. Phil Madeira heard this song and asked me whether "I thought I was Frank Zappa or something." To be honest, I was aiming for Weezer's "Pinkerton" album. Hey, it was written in the 90s.

Going My Way

from No Outlet by Jeff Elbel + Ping

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Lost in the Western Desert of Egypt, Mason thinks he spots a camel and tries to flag a ride. Phil Madeira heard this song and asked me whether "I thought I was Frank Zappa or something." To be honest, I was aiming for Weezer's "Pinkerton" album. Hey, it was written in the 90s.

lyrics

head says i wait for the buzzards
tail says i move along
the cycle keeps repeating
over and over again

too long without a direction
too soon i change my mind
my will is two-faced
like the coin that i'm throwing

over the dune and far behind
hey joe, hey joe
a shuffling dromedary line
are you ... goin'
oh...

chorus:
bgv: go... in'... my... way...
oh, take me, run to the water
hey, get me out of here
if you're going anywhere
you're going my way

this ain't no hitchhiking weather
worn legs are giving out
stagger until i stumble
over and over again

i know you soak up the water
you'll last for forty days
it wouldn't bust your hump
to give me a tow in

over the dune and far behind
hey joe, hey joe
a shuffling dromedary line
are you ... goin'
oh...

chorus:
bgv: go... in'... my... way...
take me, run to the water
get me out of here
if you're going anywhere
you're going my way

bridge:
together we could clear the sand
together we'd survive the day
but Kipling says you got that hump
by blowing off the job
so 'scrutiating idle
how you got this far, i've got no clue

finally climb up the last dune
the first of ever more
no sign of transportation
looks like i've blown it again

sauntering after the nomad
such placid state of mind
your chance to save the day
and you'll never know it

over the dune and far behind ...

chorus:
bgv: go... in'... my... way...
take me, run to the water
get me away from here
if you're going anywhere
you're going my way

one camel turns to the other
"hey, man, you got a light?"

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from No Outlet, released July 4, 2021

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