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Where My Seed Might Find Purchase   Run Time: 5:16

Written by Bill Mallonee for CyBrenJoJosh (BMI) ©1998

the leaves are changing for quite some time
as we headed south thirty five
some unfinished business left to do
stepping stone up we're further away from you

there's been talk on the telephone
about these bleeding parts of mine
they say your radio is pretty good this year
but your retail's not worth a dime

where my seed might find purchase
where my seed might find purchase

tonight these hollow bodies
been thrown into the path
stun gun electricity
the bleeding fingers strumming hacks

my tubes they are a rattling
the wind among dead leaves
and my amps well they're howling
for nobody else but me

yeah slipping under beneath the haze
john barleycorn too often
generally i am the one most inclined
to drive the nails into their respective coffins

distortion factor's kicking in
a thousand miles from home
and tonight my speakers are breaking up too much
with a beauty all of their own

could your bloodstream ever withstand
the poison born of bitterness and vices
you must learn to live thankful to the Lord
or be left to your own devices

yeah we're out here on these paths again
speaking our peace throwing caution to the wind
there's a warm dry room you can sleep in
caught out in the open

Did You Know?

The earliest version of this song appears on the 1995 fan club tape as a crude home demo. It was later recorded in a studio and was almost included on Slow Dark Train. Bill has said it is "3/4 biographical." He has also said the title phrase does not come from the movie "Raising Arizona", but he has heard it in "Wyatt Earp." Bill's take on the cut: "I was real tired when I did it and that lent something to it but also took something away. I'm usually a lot more critical about my vocals these days and I think I could have sung it better. Originally it was just voice and guitar and then that was the track that two friends of JJ's came in and played some bass and organ after we had left actually. So those bass and organ were not ours I think the guys were from Eden Burning. They live in that area and there was a young woman that played penny whistle on the track that didn't make the cut. I think one of the guys name was Paul Northrup." VoL did a show in Iowa the same night REM was playing nearby. Though the show was promoted as the "afterburner," it was poorly attended. Bill said this song came out of that experience.

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