This song is a cover of the song “Swingin' Party”, originally recorded and performed by The Replacements. It is an ode to the toll that constantly being in the public eye takes on celebrities, and was included as a bonus track on Pure Heroine.
[Verse 1]
Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail
[Chorus]
If being wrong's a crime, I'm serving forever
If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather
If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line
[Verse 2]
Pound the prairie pavement, losing proposition
Quitting school and going to work and never going fishing
Water all around, I never learned how to swim now
[Chorus]
If being wrong's a crime, I'm serving forever
If being strong's your kind, then I need help here with this feather
If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line
At the swingin' party down the line
[Verse 1]
Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party
Here it's never ending, can't remember when it started
Pass around the lampshade, there'll be plenty enough room in jail
[Chorus]
If being wrong's a crime, I'm serving forever
If being strong is what you want
Then I need help here with this feather
If being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side
At the swingin' party down the line
At the swingin' party down the line
Swingin Party was written by Paul Westerberg.
Swingin Party was produced by Joel Little.
Lorde released Swingin Party on Fri Jun 07 2013.