Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
Arthur Russell
In the 2008 documentary Wild Combination, Russell’s friend and longtime collaborator Ernie Brooks highlighted the then-unreleased “I Felt” as one of many songs Russell wrote about his youth in Iowa. According to Brooks, this track is “about [Russell] and probably his elementary or junior high school...
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
When the school year was over in the hall
It was pretty empty
When the doors were locked up after all
I was pretty empty
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
I always thought the people at the school
Didn't know anything about anything
But now I don't think I'm so cool
I don't know anything about anything
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
I went to my locker and took off the lock
And opened up the locker
I knew it was the last time I'd look at the clock
As I opened up the locker
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
Inside the locker was my far out hat
The one that I wear sometimes
But I felt too shitty to put on that
Even though I wear it sometimes
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
I didn't put the padlock back on the door
Because the year was over
Because I won't be using it no more
Because the year was over
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
My teacher was there in a suit and tie
Trying to be friendly
Was hard to look him in the eye
Trying to be friendly
And I felt so sad
I treated everybody bad
And I felt so bad
I never knew the friends I had
I never knew the friends I had