“Readymade” is the eleventh track off of Beck’s 1996 album “Odelay”. I’ll let Beck explain this obscure song:
“I wrote a song in 1996 called ‘Readymade’ that has to do with being a sentient being in a business that requires you to be a machine that is sensitized and human to an extreme, yet is capab...
[Verse 1]
An open road where I can breathe
Where the lowest low is calling to me
I can pull myself back up, back down
Stuck together like a ready-made
And nobody knows where we been
Cancelled rations are running thin
Watches tick out of tune
Falling apart like a ready-made
[Chorus]
And my bags are waiting in the next life
[Verse 2]
Rubbish piles fresh and plain
Empty boxes in a pawn shop brain
License plates stowaway
Standing in line like a ready-made
[Chorus]
And my bags are waiting in the next life
[Verse 3]
An open road where I can breathe
Where the lowest low is calling to me
I can pull myself back up, back down
Stuck together like a ready-made
[Chorus]
And my bags are waiting in the next life
Readymade was written by E.Z. Mike & King Gizmo & Beck.
Readymade was produced by Beck & Dust Brothers.