Damon and the band attempt to parody a country ballad, as the title suggests. It plays with alternating pitches and contrasting backing vocals over classic country-rock rhythms, though said rhythms are slightly grungier in keeping with the overall sonic palette of Blur.
[Verse 1]
Yeah, I found nowhere
It got to know me
Let me sleep all day
Spent the money
I haven't felt my legs
Since the summer
And I don't call my friends
Forgot their numbers
[Chorus]
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I had my chances, they had me
Now I stay up nights, watch TV
I'm country sad
I'm a ballad man
[Verse 2]
I'm on the comeback road
Yeah, I'm a blizzard
And in my motor home
Sweat on my pillow, all night
[Chorus]
V.I.P 223
I had my chances, they had me
Now I stay up nights, watch TV
I'm country sad
I'm a ballad man
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
V.I.P 223
I had my chances, they had me
Now I stay up nights, watch TV
I'm country sad
I'm a ballad man
[Outro]
I've done and fucked it
I'm a ballad man (And everybody)
I'm a ballad man (And that's all there is)
I'm a ballad man (I've done and fucked it)
I'm a...
Country Sad Ballad Man was written by Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon & Dave Rowntree & Alex James.
Country Sad Ballad Man was produced by Stephen Street.
Blur released Country Sad Ballad Man on Mon Feb 10 1997.