Though Kim Deal’s solo version of “Walking With A Killer” was only released as a 7" single, Deal would go on to record the song again with the reunited Last Splash roster of The Breeders for 2018’s All Nerve.
I'm walking with a killer and I'm gonna need that ride
We rolled through the night
Through the cornfields of East 35
I didn't know I should hide
I didn't know it was my night to die
But it really was
I had no desires for hopes or holidays
Yet our eyes meet
I slide to him, my thigh sticking on the seat
He's a dark star
Done
I glow in the headlights as they hit the street
On the way home, he kissed me
I'm walking with a killer and I'm gonna need that ride
We rolled through the night
Through the cornfields of East 35
I would not survive
I didn't know it was my time to die
I'm going out
With a dark star
We're done
I glow in the headlights as they hit the street
On the way home, he kissed me
Walking With A Killer was written by Kim Deal.
Kim spoke then about the song saying:
[It] stemmed from being in high school and walking from my house to the store and fucking assholes yelling out the window. ‘RAPE VICTIM!’ It was fucking raw around here. I think it’s cos there’s Wright-Patterson Air Force base, a military base and shit… Dudes c...