John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
John Vanderslice
The hand that cut this barley, I'd like to know
The pale blue lips that blew the life into this stereo
Oh, oh, oh, I'd like to know
Oh, oh, oh, I'd like to know
Oh, don't it feel good
To be understood tonight
You asked me when's the last time I stared into
Your sharp black jeweled eyes
Even then you knew we were through
Oh, oh, oh, I didn't know I didn't know
Then you got up to go
Oh, don't it feel good
Oh, don't it feel right
Oh, don't it feel good
To be understood tonight
Do you know how the west was won?
I fixed my speed in the middle lane, turned on the radio
Oh, they played that missing take of Jailbreak
Oh, oh, oh, they had to know
Oh, don't it feel good
Oh, don't it feel right
Oh, don't it feel good
To be understood tonight
In a 2013 interview with PopMatters, John Vanderslice explained that this song (and much of Dagger Beach) was inspired by the shock and pain of his marriage ending suddenly:
“Raw Wood” and “How the West Was Won” are clearly narratives at least taking into account this psychic break that I had with...