Wakin on a Pretty Day is the opening track of Kurt Vile’s 5th studio record, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. Clocking at 9 minutes and 31 seconds, the song is an epic of folk psychedelia about the feeling of feeling confused in your own hazed mind, while still holding on to your feelings of love and duty to...
[Verse 1]
Wakin', the dawn of day
And I gotta think about what I wanna say
Phone ringing off the shelf
I guess it wanted to kill himself
Wakin' on a pretty day
Don't know why I ever go away
It's hard to explain my love
In this daze
[Verse 2]
You could say I been most all around
But honey, I ain't goin' nowhere
Don't worry about a thing
It's only dying
I live along a straight line
Nothing always comes to mind
To be frank, I'm fried
But I don't mind
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[Verse 3]
Been diggin' layin low, low, low
I'm diggin' layin low, low, low
Dig, dig in
To these lives that we are living in
Living low, lackadaisically so
[Verse 4]
Risin' at the crack of dawn
And I gotta think about what wisecracks
I'm going to drop along the way
Today
Phone ringin' off the shelf
I guess somebody had something they
Really wanted to prove to us
Today
Yeah, I'm wakin' on a pretty day
Floating in place, no need sayin' nothin'
To explain it to my loved ones
Today
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Wakin on a Pretty Day was written by Kurt Vile.
Wakin on a Pretty Day was produced by Kurt Vile & The Violaters & John Agnello.
Kurt Vile released Wakin on a Pretty Day on Tue Apr 09 2013.