Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
This voyeuristic song has its narrator in a motel listening to the moans and screams coming from an adjacent room. The noises are from a prostitute who is on her shift.
He hears the same phrase throughout the night, “Oh my God!”, which has become cliche (both to the narrator and more than likely th...
[Verse 1]
Something's beating on the wall on the other side
Strange lovers moan each other's names on by sheets
For the very first time, one of them's James
The other's some name she changes every time she lies across his bed
[Chorus]
But the light of the moon leads the way towards the morning
And the sun, the sun's well on its way too soon to know
And oh, oh my God, whatever, etcetera
[Verse 2]
If I could I'd fold myself away like a card table
A concertina or a Murphy bed, I would
But I wasn't made that way so you know instead
I'm open all night and the customers come to stay
And everybody tips but not enough to knock me over
And I'm so tired, I just worked two shifts
[Chorus]
But the light of the moon leads the way towards the morning
And the sun, the sun's well on its way too soon, to know and
Oh, oh my God
Oh my God, whatever, etcetera
Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. was written by Ryan Adams & Brad Pemberton.
Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. was produced by Jamie Candiloro.
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals released Oh My God, Whatever, Etc. on Mon Jun 25 2007.